Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hunter, Dr. Henry H. Jr., 1939 

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DR. HENRY HOLMES HUNTER, JR. 

FUNERAL TODAY FOR DR. HUNTER IN WHALEYVILLE 

SERVICES AT 3:30 P.M. FOR WIDELY KNOWN NANSEMOND COUNTY PHYSICIAN 

   Suffolk, June 18 - Funeral services for Dr. Henry Holmes Hunter, who died 
last night at 11 o’clock at his home in Whaleyville, will be conducted Monday 
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at Whaleyville Methodist Church by the Rev. J.S. 
Johnston, and burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk.

   Dr. Hunter was born in Gates County, N.C., the son of Dr. Henry Holmes 
Hunter, Sr., and Mrs. Hunter, and was educated at the King Military Academy, 
in Suffolk, once a famous school for boys and young men, and later took his 
degree in medicine at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond.

   He had been engaged in the practice of medicine for 37 years, 22 of which 
were spent in Whaleyville and that part of Nansemond County, where he was not 
only doctor, but friend and adviser for his people.

   He was member for many years and served as chairman of the Nansemond County 
School Board.  He was also for many years a member of the Nansemond County 
Democratic executive board of MacAllister Lodge, A.F. and A.M., of 
Whaleyville, and of the Nansemond County Medical Association, and was a 
steward in Whaleyville Methodist Church.

   Of gentle and kindly spirit, his gracious manner and wise help will be long 
remembered in his community.

   Surviving Dr. Hunter are his wife, Mrs. Brownie Odom Hunter; three 
daughters, Miss Patty Hunter and Mrs. F.O. Clarke, of Whaleyville, and Mrs. 
P.T. Marshall, of Newport News; a grandson, Henry Holmes Hunter Clarke; a 
sister, Mrs. W.T. Cross, of Gatesville, N.C., and a number of nieces and 
nephews.


Dr. Henry Holmes HUNTER, Jr., 
b. Gates Co., NC, d. 17 Jun 1939, at home, Whaleyville, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block G, Lot 7*), Suffolk, 19 Jun 1939, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt 

His widow's (donated, 1961) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h536e1ob.txt 


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