Ann Hunt Services Read in Dickens
Services for Margarite Ann Hunt, daughter of Mrs. Christine Hunt of Dickens and Hayde Hunt were held at 2:30 p.m. in the Dickens Church of Christ October 14, 1950. Willis G. Jernigan, pastor of the Spur Church of Christ was officiating minister.The nine-year-old child was killed instantly Thursday evening, Oct 12, when struck by a truck in Dickens. Together with her younger sister, who was unhurt, and several other children, the Hunt child attempted to cross a highway before the oncoming vehicle.
She is survived by her mother and father, one brother, Wylie Hunt; three sisters, Patsy Lee, Rose Marie and Sandy; nine uncles, M.L. Hunt, Hobbs, N.M., B.Hunt, Tulsa, Okla., Jake of Brownwood, John of El Paso, and Frank, Jess, Wyatt, Bill and Jim, all of Spur; three aunts, Mrs. C.F. Holloway, Spur; Mary Wyatt, Dickens, and Mrs. Clay Edwards, Afton. Also surviving are Mrs. A.W. Wyatt and M.L. Hunt, grandparents.
Pallbearers were Billy and Jimmie Wyatt, Loyd Smith and J. Holloway. Honorary pallbearers were Carl Holloway, Freddie, Wayne and J.Wyatt.
Interment was in Spur Cemetery with Campbell Funeral chapel in charge of arrangements.
©The Texas Spur, October 19, 1950
Transcribed June 19, 2005 DCHC members
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