- Date Of Birth: September 6, 1927
- Date Of Death: May 11, 2022
- State: South Carolina
Willard Glenn Hunter, 94, was born September 6, 1927 in Sears, Florida, a son of the late Colon P. Hunter and Ruth Clary Hunter. He died Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at The Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg, SC after a brief illness. He was a devoted and loving husband of 68 years to Betty Milhouse Hunter.
He is the father of two daughters, Jean Marie Hunter Covington of Aiken, SC and Mrs. Paul (Amy Ruth Hunter) Wanninger of N. Augusta, SC, grandfather to four grandsons; Matthew Paul (Christy) Wanninger of N. Augusta, David Hunter Wanninger, and Stuart Louis Wanninger of N. Augusta, and Hunter Weatherly Covington of Aiken, SC. He was blessed with two great-grandchildren; Waverly Ruth Wanninger and Maddux Leaman Wanninger of N. Augusta, SC. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Patricia Zeigler of Fairfax, SC and Mrs. Francine Smiley of Varnville, SC, sisters-in-law Mrs. Sara Hunter from Hampton, SC, and Janice Milhouse (Johnny) Brunson of Orangeburg, and a number of nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by two brothers; James Marion Hunter and C.P. (Hoot) Hunter, Jr. and, sister, Genevieve Hunter Muckenhirn, his son-in-law Colin Weatherly Covington, and his grandson, David Hunter Wanninger.
Mr. Hunter graduated high school in Franklin, NC. He was in the U.S. Army stationed in the State of Washington from 1946-1947. He was an accountant and was employed with Hygrade Food Products and with Stone Container Corp for many years retiring in 1993. He was an active and founding member of Northside Baptist Church, a former Sunday School teacher and Deacon.
