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- Beckley Register-Herald, Beckley, WV, Online Edition, 2 Jun 2010
GREENSBORO, N.C. ? Mary Lorie Burns Hunter, 106, of Greensboro, NC, formerly of Greenbrier County, WV, passed away on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, in the Adams Farm Living & Rehabilitation Center of Greensboro, NC.
She was born Oct. 12, 1903, in Asbury, WV, and lived much of her life in Sebring, Florida. For many years, Mary lived in Greensboro under the care of her niece, Betty Turner, and "son," Ray Turner, who passed away the next day after Mary.
An independent woman for her time, in her 20s she earned her Bachelor's Degree from Marshall University, and her Master's Degree from Columbia University. Highly unusual for the 1920s, Mary and her four siblings each attended college. Mary taught elementary school for many years in Greenbrier County, WV, and Springfield, Ohio. She was very active, especially in her volunteer work with the Highlands Regional Medical Center Auxiliary and Delta Kappa Gamma.
Other than her parents, Wallace and Sena Harrah Burns, she was preceded in death by two husbands, Belfur Harrah and Leon Hunter, and all four siblings, Bea Harvey, Kay Wiseman, Madeline McCallister, and Bob Burns.
Survivors include nieces, Betty Turner of Greensboro, NC, and Bonnie Evans of Rainelle, nephew Gary McCallister of Alderson, and eleven (11) other nieces and nephews from various areas of the United States.
Graveside services and burial will be 2 p.m. Thursday, June 3, at the Burns Family Cemetery, Clintonville, with Pastor Stanley Clark officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in honor of Mary may be sent to the Asbury United Methodist Church of Asbury, WV.
Arrangements through Wallace & Wallace, Rainelle.
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1903 - 2010 (106 years)
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