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DATE: THURSDAY, March 26, 1992                   TAG: 9203260027
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: PEARISBURG                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT HUNTER, H.

HUNTER, HOWARD P. Howard Phelps Hunter, age 75, died Wednesday, March 25, 1992. Mr. Hunter was born at Eggleston, Virginia on March 2, 1917 and was a son of the late Clarence S. and Flora Sonner Hunter. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Beverley H. Deck and Elaine Hunter and a brother, Edward M. Hunter. Mr. Hunter was a member of the Pearisburg Baptist Church and was a member of the Deacon Board, the Finance Committee and the Adult 3 Sunday School Class. He retired from the Hoechst-Celanese Corp. with 42 years of service. He was a member of the Men's Interdenominational Pray Breakfast group. He was a life member of the Giles Life Saving and Rescue Squad. He is survived by his wife, Eleanor E. Hunter, Pearisburg; daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl H. and Eddie Kingrea, Pearisburg; grandson and wife, Todd and Felicia Kingrea, Radford, Va.; one brother, Shirley H. Hunter, Kingsport, Ind.; one sister, Mary H. Pennestri, Boone, N.C. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, March 27, 1992 at 2:00 p.m. in the Pearisburg Baptist Church with Dr. Robert Putt and Warren Stewart officiating with burial in Birchlawn Burial Park. Friends may call at the Givens Funeral Home, Pearisburg, Thursday evening from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Friends may send memorials to the Pearisburg Baptist Church. 


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