Rev. Ormand E. Hunter

Published 4:09 pm Saturday, April 2, 2016

Services for the Rev. Ormand E. Hunter, 86, of Thomasville, will be at 12 p.m. on Monday, April 4, 2016, at First Christian Church in Lake Butler, Florida. Danny Hurlburt will officiate, and interment will follow in Dekle Cemetery in Lake Butler. Rev. Hunter died on April 1, 2016, in Thomasville. Born Nov. 7, 1929, in Raiford, Florida, he a son of the late Oscar and Thelma Pons Hunter. On February 19, 1950, in Sanford, Florida, he married Shirley Jean Hunter, who survives. Rev. Hunter graduated high school in 1949, and was captain of the basketball and football team. He attended Stetson University for two years. He was a part of Griffis & Hunter Construction Co., from 1954 through 1964. In 1965, he began his ministry in Church of God of Prophecy. He pastored churches for 35 years throughout Florida. Other survivors include his daughter, Shirley Francis Hunter Lewis, and her husband, Charlie, of Thomasville; his son, Ormand Edward Hunter Jr. and his wife, Jull W., of Thomasville; a brother, Donald Douglas, of Jacksonville, Florida; sisters, JoAnn Mingle, Francis Canaday, Jackie Pless and Billy Hunter, all of Jacksonville, Florida. He is also survived by four grandchildren and their families. The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday at Allen & Allen Funeral Home in Thomasville and from 11 a.m. until service time on Monday at the First Christian Church in Lake Butler, Florida. Family and friends may sign the online guest registry at www.allenfh.com. — Allen & Allen Funeral Home