Gaynel Lee "Beetle" Hunter
1946 - 2023 (77 years)-
Name Gaynel Lee "Beetle" Hunter Nickname Beetle Birth 4 Mar 1946 Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV 
[1] Gender Male Death 11 Aug 2023 Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV [1] Burial 19 Aug 2023 Burns Cemetery, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV [1] Person ID I8266 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 5 Sep 2023
Father Ray Jennings Hunter, b. 22 Dec 1914, Crawley, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 28 Oct 1993, Williamsburg, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 78 years) Mother Mildred Loretta Crookshanks, b. 23 Apr 1917, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 28 Jul 2008, Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 91 years) Marriage 18 May 1937 Covington, VA [2, 3] Family ID F2390 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Linda Lou Burdiss Children 1. Julia Ann Hunter 2. Robert Lee Hunter Family ID F2941 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 May 2015
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Birth - 4 Mar 1946 - Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV 
Death - 11 Aug 2023 - Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV 
Burial - 19 Aug 2023 - Burns Cemetery, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Smathers Funeral Chapel, Rainelle, WV, 17 Aug 2023
https://www.smathersfuneralchapelinc.com/obituaries/Gaynel-Lee-Beetle-Hunter?obId=28719360
Gaynel "Beetle" Lee Hunter, 77, of Kieffer, passed away Friday, August 11, 2023.
Born March 4, 1946, at Kieffer, he was the son of the late Ray and Mildred (Crookshanks) Hunter.
Beetle retired from logging. He was a master tinkerer, working on cars and trucks. Beetle was also a master collector, filling many buildings with his treasures. It was said that he preferred rust to gold. He was always thinking of others before himself and was considered a great father and Papaw. Beetle was of the Baptist faith.
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by five brothers Gilmer, Granville, Gene, Gerald, and Gary Hunter; and one sister Garnett Gilkeson.
Survivors include his devoted wife of 57 years Linda Burdiss Hunter; one son Robbie Hunter and one daughter Julie Reed (Mark) both of Kieffer; one brother Glen Hunter of Crawley; four sisters Gilda Cary of Crawley, Galena Knapp of Rupert, Gwenda Heaster (Doug) of Crawley, and Gala Sheppard of Kieffer; four grandchildren Steven Hunter, Adam Hunter, Kelsey Perdue, and Laney Hunter; six great-grandchildren Alex Hunter, Aiden Brown, Evan Phipps, Laurel Hunter, Lauren Hunter, and Aaliyah Wilkinson; and a host of nieces, nephews, extended family, and friends.
Services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, August 19, at Beaver Creek Baptist Church, with Pastor Curtis Walkup officiating.
Burial will follow in the Burns Cemetery, Kieffer.
Friends may call one hour before the service from 12 – 1 p.m at the church.
- Smathers Funeral Chapel, Rainelle, WV, 17 Aug 2023
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- [S1089] Covington, VA Marriages Vol. 3, page 51 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1775] Virginia Department of Health, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014, (http://www.ancestry.com :2015.), marriage certificate 9301 (1937), Hunter-Crookshanks accessed 29 May 2015. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1651] Smathers Funeral Chapel, Rainelle, WV, Smathers Funeral Chapel, ((http://www.smathersfuneralchapelinc.com/ : 2013)), accessed 5 Sep 2023), Gaynel Lee "Beetle" Hunter; https://www.smathersfuneralchapelinc.com/obituaries/Gaynel-Lee-Beetle-Hunter?obId=28719360. (Reliability: 3).