Hugh Rose Passed Away

[rgcraig]

I'll post as soon as I get them.

[Sister Alvear]

sure have lost a lot of ole timers lately....praying for the family.

[ManOfWord]

Bro. Rose was a great friend! He had the ability to lift you no matter where you were in life. He truly believed in people and let them know it!

Congrats on your promotion, Bro. Rose, well done!

[rgcraig]

Services will be held at Harrison Hills UPC beginning with visitation on Sunday Sept 26 at 4pm to 8pm with the family.

Homegoing service on Monday Sept 27 with visitation from 9am to 11am and service Begins at 11 am Monday.

Harrison Hills Church
87800 Cadiz-Jewett Rd
Jewett, Ohio 43986

[Falla39]

I believe Bro. Hugh Rose and Sis. Jean Urshan were cousins. She was a Rose!

I loved to hear Bro. Rose sing The Lord's Prayer, Down From His Glory, and others!

May God send peace and comfort to Sis. Nila Rose and their family, in Jesus Name!

Falla39

[tamor]

Saw this on facebook yesterday and told Jon. He will be greatly missed!

[rgcraig]

http://hhupc.org/

http://www.harrisonnewsherald.com/?p=2190

[Mr. Smith]

It seems as though someone has a complaint about everyone. But I've never heard anyone say a bad word about Hugh Rose. He was a gentleman. Although I'm now far removed from his circle, he would still send our family cards during our challenging times. I and my family are deeply saddened by his passing.

[p4v]

He will be so missed. Heaven's choir will be blessed.

[timlan2057]

Actually, I think Nila was a Habig; that's how Jean Urshan and Nila Rose were kin.

I never knew Hugh Rose well personally. I did meet him when I was on the Louisiana District Harvestime board. You wouldn't think, as sophisticated as he was (real sophistication, not fake) that he'd be down to earth. But he was down to earth.

I feel a little nostalgic and sad. I left the UPC long ago and will never go back--but I go get nostalgic seeing, as DJ said, the men who were the giants, movers and shakers when we were young--Mangun, Urshan, Rose, Pugh, Burr, Oggs, Barnes--growing old, feeble and passing away, some almost in obscurity.

I remember one of our "extravaganza" entertainment spectacles we put on at JCM during Music Conference, 1977. It's a wonder I remember, because most of those I try to forget. We usually bombed. I always said we should have limited what we did at those things to "church Christmas banquet" entertainment; brief, funny skits. But no, we always tried to put on a Hollywood production we did not have time to rehearse.

Anyway, in this one, I was G. A. Mangun. Sue Miller, tall and willowy, was Joan Ewing. Doodle Dennis was Murrell Ewing. Pam Hurst was Jean Urshan. Kelvin Alexander was Hugh Rose.

Or ... as we spoofed him, "Huge" Rose.

Looking back, while that was all in fun, the name seemed to fit him. He was huge ... larger than life in his personality and musical talent.

Hey, he gave some balance. There was nothing wrong with a classical, "opera tenor" style singer in the UPC.

Sure, Harvestime got kind of hokey. But Hugh Rose was perfect for it in the 1950s and 1960s--he could have hosted a game show or a Bob Hope-type variety show and probably been wildly successful.

My condolences to the family.

Another of the notable UPC "second generation" is gone--another one passing away that reminds me I am not so young anymore.

Sadly--sadly for me only in a nostalgic sense--no one seems to be taking their places.