1929 – 2017
CARTHAGE — Hurchial Everett Noyes, of Carthage passed away at home with his family by his side Saturday, Jan. 7, at the age of 87.
He was the son of Carroll and Ethel Hill Noyes, born April 17, 1929. He attended grade school in Carthage and high school in Dixfield, where he played ice hockey, but his education continued for the remainder of his life as he needed to know how everything worked. Hurchial’s very active life revolved around his family, church, work and the town of Carthage.
Hurchial comes from a long line of sawmill men and worked with his dad in the log and lumber business from age 12. The lumber for the former Dixfield Seventh-day Adventist Church school was sawed at the Noyes Mill from logs cut on their property across the river. Hurchial’s sons continue to run a sawmill in the same location. He was the creator of the first logging arch hauler to transport logs from the woods to the landing by dozer.
He was a charter member of the Carthage Seventh-day Adventist Church and had been a local church elder for many years. He was very proud of the fact that he and his father, Carroll, built the church with lumber from their sawmill.
Hurchial was a member of the town Budget Committee in 1951, in the ’70s and from 1993 to 2016. He was elected selectman in 1952 and fire warden and surveyor of wood and bark for many years in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. Hurchial was chairman of the building committee for the new elementary school built in Carthage in 1957. He was instrumental in forming the Carthage Historical Society and served as president of the society for 10 years. He also helped establish the Mexico Historical Society.
He applied his extensive practical knowledge to win the Western Maine Mud Run Championships on Grandfather’s Day in 1983, beating 100 entries, many of them racing teams from out of state.
He loved to tinker on cars and trucks and he would be up for a debate at any time. Hurchial was well-known for his storytelling and striking up a conversation with anyone he would meet. If you’ve been to Carthage, you would most likely have seen Hurchial visiting at the Carthage store, telling stories and catching the gossip. He always said that he loved living all of his life in the little town of Carthage.
He will be deeply missed by his wife of 69 years, Florence Virgin Noyes of Carthage; daughter, Janet McIntyre and husband, Phill, of Carthage; son, Charles and wife, Deb, of Carthage; son, Dan and wife, Crystal, of Peru; brother, Bob White and wife, Esther, of Dixfield; sister, Geneva (Genie) Snowman of Canton; grandchildren, Gina Graham and husband, Alan, of Tennessee, Sara Plunkett and husband, Geoff, of Arizona, Charles Noyes Jr. of Livermore Falls, Ashley Weymouth and husband, Rob, of Peru, Betsy Noyes and significant other, Aaron Dyer, of Belgrade; great-grandchildren, Nathan, Luke and Seth Graham, Brettany and Reagan McFarland; and his beloved dog, Rascal.
He was predeceased by his parents, his birth parents, Hurchial and Norma Bennock White, sister, Ruth Virgin; and brother, Everett White.
A heartfelt thank-you to Ryane, Bonnie and Kathy from Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice for your loving care and attention.
Burial will be in the spring at Newman Cemetery in Carthage.
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