Hulen Carroll “Harv” Harvey, Jr. passed away November 21, 2024, at his home in Belton after a seven-year struggle with COPD.

Harv was born October 1, 1942, to Hulen Carroll and Francis Grubb Harvey of Ft. Davis. He grew up exploring the Ft. Davis mountains and fishing in Limpia Creek with his cousins and friends. He attended school in Ft. Davis until he left early in his senior year to join the US Navy. While in the Navy, he served as an aviation electronics technician at Anacostia Naval Base and Andrews Air Force Base, both in Washington, DC and had the honor of working on Air Force One. Harv was considered a “kiddy cruiser” as he was honorably discharged from the Navy before he turned 21. He continued to serve the country in the Naval Reserve for two years after his discharge from active service.

After leaving the Navy, Harv continued to reside in the DC area. There, he met Charlotte Kay Naedele, who became his wife on February 8, 1964, at the First Baptist Church in Arlington, Virginia. When Harv couldn’t get home to his pregnant wife and two sons one day in 1968 due to riots in the capital, he decided to move his family home to the serenity of West Texas.

Harv and Kay settled in Alpine upon their return to the Big Bend area. Their daughter was soon born, and Harv began a 30-year career with Southwestern Bell, which later became AT&T. Sadly, onApril 16, 1973, Kay passed away from melanoma at age 29, leaving a devastated Harv to care for their three young children.

Harv soon met his second wife, Janice, through mutual friends. Harv and Janice found kinship in being single parents of young children and a respite from the pressures of daily life. They shared a love of dancing and often went to the Trophy Room Club when they were dating. They quickly fell in love and married on November 16, 1974, at the First Baptist Church in Alpine, with their four children serving as their bridal party. They celebrated their 50th anniversary a few days before Harv’s death.

Harv and Janice resided in Alpine until they moved to the Temple/Belton area in 1999 to be closer to their children and grandchildren. Harv was affectionately called “Hoogie” by his grandchildren and had a special nickname for each. This normally serious man delighted in making them laugh at his silly antics. He and Janice loved to take the kids camping in their travel trailer, especially when they could take the grandkids places they had never been. After they both retired, Harv and Janice fulfilled a lifelong dream of spending several years traveling across the US, visiting many national parks on their journeys. As Harv’s COPD grew worse, they were forced to end their travels and begin living a slower, quieter life at home in Belton. Harv enjoyed his weekly coffee at McDonald’s with his friends up to the very end of his earthly life.

Preceding Harv in death are his parents, grandparents, wife Kay, son Todd, brother Ed, and sister-in-law Myra.

Survivors include his wife, Janice; sons John Harvey and wife Denise and Louis Tallant and wife Betty; daughter Marcy Basquez and partner Luis; brother Johnny Harvey; sister Jacque Janes and husband Clint; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Hoogie will be missed by his beloved grandchildren Madison, Nick, Chris, Gannon, Johnny, Noa, and Kaylie. He was blessed with two great-grandchildren, Brooks and Vera.

Hulen leaves behind a legacy of loyalty, integrity, eternal love, and support for his family. His life was celebrated with a graveside service at Hillcrest Cemetery in Ft. Davis at Noon on May 24. If so inclined, the family requests donations in his memory be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.