Hunt, Ray J.

Raymond J. "Ray" Hunt, age 86, of Denton, Maryland, formerly of Millsboro, Delaware passed on Thursday, July 15, 2010 at the Envoy Center in Denton. Mr. Hunt was born on December 13, 1923 in Bayonne, New Jersey to the late Robert Easton Hunt and Jean M. Duncan Hunt.

Mr. Hunt was a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran of World War II serving in the South Pacific Campaign and China; he was a gunner and was Honorably Discharged as a Technical Sergeant. He later worked for the U.S. Government in Civil Service as a Mechanical Inspector at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base, North Carolina.

He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church in Millsboro, past member of the Sussex Central Ruritan, enjoyed being a driver of the CHEER bus, and was a Meals on Wheels volunteer.

Mr. Hunt is survived by his wife of 63 years Ruth A. Guild Hunt, two daughters Pamela S. Hunt of Smyrna, Georgia and Constance Rae Todd of Denton, MD, two grandsons Benjamin Eric Hamilton and Christopher Lucas Hamilton, two great grandsons Nicholas Raymond Hamilton and Nathan Alexander Hamilton, and a great granddaughter Savannah D. Hamilton.

A Memorial Service will be held 2:00 PM, Tuesday, July 20th at the Grace United Methodist Church, 330 E. Church Street, Millsboro, Delaware. Pastor Ed Kuhling will officiate the service.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to the Grace U.M. Church,

PO BOX 566, Millsboro, DE 19966

(07/17/10)