Harlie Edwin Nutting, 99, died September 7, 2012 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born February 2, 1913 at Aberdeen, Idaho, the son of John W. and Mary Ellen (Esery) Sisler. At the age of four, he was adopted by Lewis and Emma (Lynn) Nutting and moved to southwest Missouri. He married Helen Luticia Sanders March 18, 1934 at rural Stafford County, Kansas. She died January 30, 2005. Mr. Nutting started farming as a teenager with a team of horses and was a farmer and ranch foreman for W. A. Cross Ranch for twenty-five years. He was a Great Bend resident since 2002, coming from Lewis, Kansas. Mr. Nutting was a member of First Assembly of God, Kinsley, Kansas. He wrote music and started writing poetry at age 95. He loved farming, ranching, being outdoors, playing pool, dominoes, gospel music, carpentry, electrical work, plumbing, antique tool collecting, mechanic work, and University of Kansas basketball. Above all else, he loved the Lord and studying the Bible. Survivors include three sons: Harlie Nutting, Jr., Temple, Texas; Larry Nutting and his wife Dorothy, Great Bend; and Michael Nutting and his wife Carla, Crosby, Texas; two daughters: Eleanor M. Smith and her husband Dick, Poway, California; and Rita Giles, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada; nine grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by five brothers, John Sisler, Marion Sisler, Richard Alford Sisler, Charlie Sisler, and an infant brother; four sisters, Nellie Bardell, Maggie Hill, Mary McClellan, and Lula E. Metz; and two grandchildren, Sherie Lynn Tillman and Matthew Towner. Graveside funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at Wayne Cemetery, Lewis, Kansas. Pastor Dwight Dozier will officiate. Burial will be in Wayne Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to Crossroads Victory Lighthouse Assembly of God, Kinsley or Gideons International, in care of the funeral home.