Nyle Hart

Nyle Carl Hart, 87, passed away peacefully at his mountain home September 11, 2019. He was surrounded by his wife, children and friends after suffering a massive stroke.

He was born April 19, 1932 in Green Cove, VA and was the baby of 11 children by Cora Hurley and Harvey Hart. As a child, Nyle worked with his father on the mountain farm where they ran a sawmill, made custom chestnut shingles and made soda pop. In the depression, he was sent to work on his Uncle Hurley’s dairy farm in Quarryville, PA.He attended elementary school at Mt. Rogers School, Green Cove, VA, Oak Hill Academy, Mouth of Wilson, VA and graduated from Apex High School, Apex, NC in 1951.

Nyle married his high school sweetheart, Joyce Denson, February 8, 1953 and completed Airplane and Engine School with an interest in Helicopter Mechanics, San Marcus, TX.

He is an Army veteran of the Korean War (1954) and served 23 years as Sargent in the Army National Guard working at the Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF) at Raleigh Durham Airport for the 30th Armored Combat Team.

After his military retirement in 1973, he worked full time on the family farm in Wake Forest, NC raising beef cattle, hay, tobacco, Certified Seed grain and soybean crops.

Despite his quiet exterior and sometime stubbornness, he was a die-hard Democrat, a daredevil, was adventuresome and was navigator for convoys for friends/family on many RV trips across the continental United States, including Hawaii and Alaska and all Canadian Provinces.

Nyle was always there to lend a hand to his neighbors and friends and could fix and build anything! He was quick to trade out his family as farm labor to neighboring farmers in need to, put in tobacco, get up eggs and scrape roads and driveways of snow. 

Nyle was active in Woodland Baptist Church, Wake Forest, NC where he served as Deacon, Sunday School Teacher, Maintenance Committee Chairman and Building Committee Chairman.

Nyle is survived by his wife Joyce, of 66 years; children Lisa Bailey (Joel), Constance Whitfield (Ronnie), Wendy Hart, Franklin Hart (Terri) 8 grand children, 5 great grand children and 2 great-great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by two children, a daughter Angela Ray and a son Anthony Carl.

Join us as we celebrate his life, Sunday afternoon, September 22, 2019 at 3 pm at Woodland Baptist Church, 190 Woodland Church Road, Wake Forest, NC. 

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Woodland Baptist Church Building Fund.

The family will be present from 6-8 pm Saturday, September 21, 2019 at  Bright Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 405 S. Main St., Wake Forest. (919) 556-5811

www.brightfunerals.com

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