- Date Of Birth: March 7, 1938
- Date Of Death: June 26, 2018
- State: Georgia
Hurley A. Phifer died unexpectedly Tuesday morning June 26th 2018 in Chamberlain, South Dakota. He was preceded in death by his wife Joyce Mulford Phifer of Iroquois, South Dakota, his parents John and Emma Phifer of Fort Mill, South Carolina, his brother Johnnie Ray Phifer of Fort Mill, South Carolina, and his sister Margaret Mason of Fort Mill, South Carolina.
He is survived by his daughter and her husband Tracy and David Wright of Whitesburg Georgia, his son and his wife Dusty and Beth Ann Phifer of Hilliard Ohio, his granddaughters Sarah Dean, Chelsea Grasmeier, Emelie Blair and their spouses. Hurley was also especially close to his sister-in-law Agnes Gilchrist of Cavour, South Dakota and a special friend Katherine “Kitty” Thompson of Dallas, GA.
Hurley was born in North Carolina on March 7, 1938. He graduated from Fort Mill High School in 1956 as valedictorian. Hurley was a Korean War Air Force veteran, and a retired telecommunications engineer. He was employed by ITT NASA at Kennedy Space Center in Central Florida for 17 years, and later as the lead engineer for the telecommunication upgrade project at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport working with Raytheon and Parsons Corporations before retiring. His hobbies included skeet shooting for which he held both the Ohio and Georgia state championship titles, traveling, and fishing. It was on a fishing trip to Fort Thompson, South Dakota that he passed unexpectedly.
