The Samaritan Center is saddened to announce the death of Harry Hulsey, Center pioneer and long-time construction and maintenance manager. Harry passed away Tuesday. He was 94.
Working in partnership with his brother, Bill, Harry used his experience in real estate to help purchase the Center’s original property on Old Lee Highway during the mid-1980s. When in 1996, the Center transitioned to Ooltewah to its current location, Harry, began a 16-year stint as manager of construction and maintenance. During this time, he also served as the foreman for the construction of the Samaritan Center’s large warehouse.
In 2015, the Samaritan Center dedicated our chapel in honor of Harry and Bill and their wives.
Keith Heming, Samaritan Center director of operations who worked closely with Harry, says it was his Christian patience in dealing with others that set Harry apart.
“When it would have been easy to get impatient, Harry was patiently persistent,” Heming remembers. “And in his own gentle way, he always got things done.”
Samaritan Center executive director Tony Dahlberg echoes Heming’s assessment of strength of Harry’s character.
“Harry was a meek person, but had the moral fortitude of a giant,” Dahlberg says.
Without Harry’s wisdom, foresight, and attention to detail, the Samaritan Center would not be what it is today. Although we mourn the loss of our gentle colleague, leader, and friend, our commitment is undimmed to carry forward the work he helped start and maintain for so many years.
Through his moral and thoughtful service, Harry’s fingerprints are seen today throughout the Center to which he gave so much of his time, energy and care. Sleep well, Brother Harry. We look forward to the day we will see you again and hear the Lord say, “Well done, good and faithful servant!”
