Eula Gaye Hunter
1933 - 2019 (86 years)
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Name Eula Gaye Hunter Birth 28 Mar 1933 Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV 
Gender Female Census-Household Member 10 Apr 1940 Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier Co., WV [1] - Role: Household Member
He was 47 years old and a farmer and owned his residence valued at $1,000. Also living in his household were his wife Zenna M. (age 46), son Marvin (age 18), daughter Margie (age 17), daughter Ruth (age 15), son Robert (age 12), daughter Dorothy (age 10), daughter Eula Gaye (age 8), daughter Geraldine (age 6), and son Carl (age 1). They lived on an "unmarked road off Route No. 8" (Kieffer Road).
Death 18 Jul 2019 Wabash, Wabash Co., IN [2] Burial 24 Jul 2019 Falls Cemetery, Wabash, Wabash Co., IN [2] Person ID I6713 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 22 Jul 2019
Father Jennings Ray Hunter, b. 28 Jun 1894, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 31 Aug 1982, Clifton Forge, Alleghany Co., VA (Age 88 years) Mother Zenna Marshall Walkup, b. 19 Dec 1895, Narrows, Giles Co., VA d. 16 Apr 1980, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 84 years) Marriage 2 Jan 1913 Gallipolis, Gallia Co., OH [3, 4] - Jennings and Zenna were married by R. E. Dunn, J.P. Robert A. Hunter gave consent for the marriage.
Family ID F2240 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Theodore "Ted" Eilts, b. 27 Feb 1928, Lowell, Lake Co., IN d. 7 Dec 2001, Wabash, Wabash Co., IN (Age 73 years) Marriage 25 Sep 1954 Columbia City, Whitley Co., IN [5] Children 1. Theodore Bryan "Teddy" Eilts 2. Nea Katherine Eilts, b. 3 Aug 1957, Wabash, Wabash Co., IN d. 4 Aug 1957, Wabash, Wabash Co., IN (Age 0 years)3. Timothy Edward "Timmy" Eilts, Sr. 4. Lori Jeanne Eilts Family ID F2761 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Nov 2009
- Role: Household Member
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Event Map 
Birth - 28 Mar 1933 - Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV 
Census-Household Member - 10 Apr 1940 - Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier Co., WV = Link to Google Earth
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Photos hunter-gaye.jpg 
Hunter, Jennings, Zenna, & Girls
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Notes - Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Inc., Obituaries, 21 Jul 2019
https://www.grandstaff-hentgen.com/obituary/eula-eilts
Eula Gaye Eilts, 87, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 2:30 pm, Thursday, July 18, 2019 at her home. She was born March 28, 1932 in Crawley, West Virginia to Jennings Bryan and Zenna Marshall (Walkup) Hunter.
Gaye married Theodore "Ted" Eilts in Columbia City, Indiana on September 25, 1954; he died December 7, 2001. She was a professional artist, won the Hoosier Salon Award of Indiana several times, had her paintings hang in the Indiana Capitol Building, and was recognized on the steps of the U.S. Capitol by Sen. Birch Bayh for her artwork. Gaye was a member of the Wabash Garden Club and the Art Guild. She enjoyed mushroom hunting, playing cards, ginsenging, cooking, and antiquing.
She is survived by three children, Lt. Col. (Ret) Ted B. (Lori Lynn) Eilts of Alexandria, Louisiana, Timothy (Virginia "GiGi") Eilts of Wabash, Lori (Bill) Rushin of Greenwood, Indiana; six grandchildren, Emma Leigh Eilts of Tuscon, Arizona, Timothy Edward Eilts, and Stephen Wyatt Eilts, both of Wabash, Sarah Lynn Eilts of Shreveport, Louisiana, Isaac Hunter Eilts of Washington, D.C., and Lauren Ashley Rushin of Greenwood, Indiana, and two brothers, Carl (Cora) Hunter and Kirby (Georganne) Blankenship, both of Crawley, West Virginia. She was also preceded in death by her parents, daughter, Nia Kay Eilts, four brothers, and six sisters.
Funeral services will be 10:00 am Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Pastor J.P. Freeman officiating. Burial will be in Falls Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 4-7 pm Tuesday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is All Inclusive Playground.
The memorial guest book for Gaye may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
- Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Inc., Obituaries, 21 Jul 2019
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Sources - [S1747] West Virginia, Greenbrier County, FCR: Greenbrier Co., WV 1940, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), T627, roll 4404, Meadow Bluff, enumeration district (ED) 13-28, sheet 3B, p. 408, household 55, Jennings R. Hunter, accessed 27 May 2016 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2043] Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, ((https://www.grandstaff-hentgen.com/ : 2018 )), accessed 22 Jul 2019), E. Gaye Eilts; https://www.grandstaff-hentgen.com/obituary/eula-eilts. (Reliability: 3).
- [S507] Gallia Co., OH Probate Court Marriage Record, License No. 4019 (Reliability: 3).
- [S73] Family Bible of Marshall W. Walkup.
- [S924] Obituary: The Wabash Plain Dealer, Wabash, IN.
- [S1747] West Virginia, Greenbrier County, FCR: Greenbrier Co., WV 1940, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), T627, roll 4404, Meadow Bluff, enumeration district (ED) 13-28, sheet 3B, p. 408, household 55, Jennings R. Hunter, accessed 27 May 2016 (Reliability: 3).