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Lee Douglas Hunt
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Memorial for Lee Douglas Hunt
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Born in Gravelly, Arkansas on May 24, 1928
Departed on Jul. 30, 2010 and resided in Oak Ridge, TN.
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Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010
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Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010
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Oak Ridge Memorial Park
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Please click on the links above for locations, times, maps, and directions.
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Lee Douglas Hunt departed this life on July 30, 2010 at home after a ten-month battle with cancer. He was born in Gravelly, Arkansas and attended Arkansas Tech in Russellville, Arkansas. He served in the US Army from 1947 – 1948. He worked at Boeing in Wichita, Kansas on the B-52 bomber and served on the Strategic Air Command Air Force Base in Blytheville, Arkansas with the equivalent rank of Captain. He worked in Iowa prior to moving to Oak Ridge in 1963, where he worked at X-10, K-25 and Y-12 for Union Carbide and Martin Marietta. He retired from Martin Marietta in 1989 after 26 years. Mr. Hunt was well known and respected not only for his sharp, scientific mind, but for his superb mechanical skills as well. He was able to fix anything that had an engine and some that did not. He was a licensed airplane pilot and one of his greatest joys was to fly his little red and white Cessna. He was also a licensed airplane mechanic and his work was always beyond question. He was preceded in death by his parents, Earl Redmon Hunt and Lillie Jo Horton Hunt of Arkansas.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Ernesteen Moody Hunt, and daughters, Linda Jo Dees of Friendsville and Judy Ann Cagle of Powell; sisters, Sylvia Southard of Arkansas and Ruth Hunnicutt of OK. He also leaves behind grandchildren, Robert K. Dees, Cheryl M. Campbell, Benjamin P. Dees, Richard Lee Dees, Erin E. Lambert, Heidi N. Hewitt and Heather White. He is also survived by great-grandchildren, Matthew and Katie Dees, Michael and Jacob Dees, Ethan and Chani Hewitt, Christopher Sestokas and Zane, Belle and Kennedy Lambert.
The family will receive friends on Sunday, August 1, 2010 from 6 – 8pm at Weatherford Mortuary. The funeral will follow at 8pm with Rev. Brian Scott officiating. A graveside service will be held on Monday at 10am at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. Serving as pallbearers will be Robert K. Dees, Benjamin P. Dees, Richard L. Dees, Jeff Lambert, Foster Campbell and David Hewitt. Honorary pallbearers are Zane Lambert, Christopher Sestokas and Matthew Dees. An on-line guest book can be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com.
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