 1917 - 2002 (84 years)
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| Name |
Roy Marshall Hunter [1] |
| Birth |
6 Mar 1917 |
Kieffer, Greenbrier County, WV  [2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
4 Jan 2002 |
Fairlea, Greenbrier County, WV [3] |
- Obituary of Roy Marshall Hunter
SMOOT - Roy M. Hunter, 84, passed away Friday, Jan. 4, 2002, in Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Fairlea, after a short illness. Born March 6, 1917, in Kieffer, he was the son of the late Jennings and Zenna Walkup Hunter.
Mr. Hunter was a farmer, miner and lumberman and was of the Methodist faith. He was a Work War II U. S. Navy veteran, having received three medals for serving his country during the American Campaign, European African Middle Eastern Campaign and while serving on Oran Roberts Liberty Ship as seaman 1st gunnermate from April 20, 1944 to Aug. 18, 1945.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Shelvie Jean Pitsenbarger Miller, in 1973; two brothers, Ray and Marvin Hunter; and five sisters, Gertrude Quick, Margie Walkup, Ruth Lauer, Dorothy Hunter and Jackie Eilts.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Stella Retha Phipps Hunter; three daughters, Shirley King and her husband Jimmy, of Crawley, and Dale Riffey and her husband David, and Diana Miller and her husband Bill, all of Meadow Bluff; two sons, Warren Hunter and his wife, Kay, of Rainelle and Wyatt Hunter and his wife Bonnie, of Asbury; two brothers, Robert Hunter of Crawley and Carl Hunter of Rupert; two sisters, Gladys Hedrick of Kessler and Gaye Eilts of Wabash, Ind.; 16 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and eight step great-grandchildren.
Service will be 1 p.m. Monday at Smathers Funeral Home Chapel, Rainelle, with the Revs. Mike Tincher and Bill Lilly officiating. burial will follow in Old Amwell Church, Meadow Bluff. Graveside services will be conducted by Oak Hill VFW Post No. 3110. Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Arrangements by Smathers Funeral Home, Rainelle.
Beckley Register-Herald, January 5, 2002
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| Burial |
7 Jan 2002 |
Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier County, WV [3] |
| Person ID |
I3682 |
Crane Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
26 Nov 2018 |
| Father |
Jennings Robert Brian Hunter, b. 28 Jun 1894, Kieffer, Greenbrier County, WV d. 31 Aug 1982, Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, VA (Age 88 years) |
| Mother |
Zenna Marshall Walkup, b. 18 Dec 1895, Narrows, Giles County, VA d. 16 Apr 1980, Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage |
2 Jan 1913 |
Ohio [3, 4] |
| Family ID |
F1074 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Living |
| Children |
| | 1. Shirley Ann Hunter, b. 29 Jan 1939, Charmco, Greenbrier County, WV d. 26 Jan 2021, Raleigh General Hospital (Age 81 years) |
| | 2. Alice Faye Hunter, b. 17 Mar 1941, Crawley, Greenbrier County, WV d. 17 Oct 1973, Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 32 years) |
| | 3. Living |
| | 4. Diana Marcelle Hunter, b. 15 Jun 1946, Crawley, Greenbrier County, WV d. 22 Oct 2021, Ronceverte, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 75 years) |
| | 5. Living |
| | 6. Living |
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| Family ID |
F1142 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
1 Sep 2013 |
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| Sources |
- [S868] 1930 U.S. Census, Greenbrier County, WV, 29 Sep 2013 (Reliability: 3).
- [S182] 1920 U.S. Census, Greenbrier County, 3.
- [S485] Obituary, Hunter, Roy M., (Beckley Register-Herald, January 5, 2002 Obtained from Charles A. Cohenour on January 6, 2002), 5047.
- [S513] Obituary, Walkup, Wyatt L., (Newspaper Item Obtained from Karen Kessler Cottrill on February 4, 2002), 5047.
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