Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Gunter, Ray Junior February 10, 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak jkodak@aol.com February 26, 2008, 7:38 pm Mitchell News-Journal 2/20/2008 RAY JUNIOR GUNTER SPRUCE PINE - Ray Junior Gunter, 84, of Beaver Creek Road, died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008 at his home. He was the son of the late W.A. Gunter and Iva Burleson Gunter. He was a 30-year veteran of the Spruce Pine Police Department, serving as Chief of Police from 1966 until his retirement in 1987. Survivors include his wife, Carol Lee Lusk Gunter of the home; a daughter, Frankie Marie Gardner of Spruce Pine; four sons, Richard and Steve Gunter, both of Spruce Pine, Danny Gunter of North Cove, and Bobby Gunter of Burnsville; a brother, Howard Gunter of Spruce Pine; one sister, Mary Ruth Ayers of Spruce Pine; seven grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Grindstaff Memorial Chapel of Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine. Burial was Wednesday in Spruce Pine Memorial Cemetery. The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/g/gunter1486gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb