Joe Hunter, Sr.
Liberty, SC
Graveside services to honor the life of Mr. Joe Hunter will be held 11:00 AM Friday, April 22, 2022 at Westview Cemetery. The family will greet with family and friends following the service.
Joe Richard Hunter, Sr., 91, widower of Clara Bagwell Hunter and a longtime Liberty resident, died Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at Cottingham Hospice House.
Born in Liberty, he was a son of the late James Waldo and Jennie Sorrells Hunter.
Mr. Hunter retired from Pickens County where he was a Deputy Tax Assessor and was a member of First Baptist Church of Liberty. He loved studying the bible, art, and old cemeteries. He was affectionately known as the “Grandfather of Mapping in Pickens County”.
He was a United States Army Veteran of the Korean War.
Surviving are a daughter, Susan Pressley (Danny) of Liberty; a son, Richard Hunter (Tammy) of Liberty; two grandchildren, Scott Pressley, and Erin Cooper (Matthew); also surviving is a great grandson, Hunter Cooper.
In addition to his wife and parents he was preceded in death by two sisters, Martha Parker and Mary Jones, and three brothers, John and Jimmy Hunter, and Charles Edwards.
In lieu of flowers memorials are requested to Oconee Memorial Hospital Foundation, Earmarked for Hospice of the Foothills, 298 Memorial Drive, Seneca SC 29672 (https://www.prismahealthupstategiving.org/oconee-donation/, or Liberty First Baptist Church, PO Box 207, Liberty SC 29657 (https://firstbaptistliberty.com).
The family will be at the home of Danny and Susan Pressley, 20 Welborn Street, Liberty SC.
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