William Hunter Obituary

HUNTER, William CLEMSON, SC - William Harvey Hunter, MD, 84, of 249 Pendleton Road, died Monday, April 14, 2008 at AnMed Health Center, Anderson, SC. Born in Anderson, SC, a son of the late Samuel Eugene and Ruth McCarrell Hunter, he has been a family practice physician since 1953 in Clemson. He was a graduate of Clemson College where he lettered in football, track and boxing, and had been named Distinguished Alumni of Clemson University. He is a graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina at Charleston and had been named Distinguished Alumni of that school for his long time and extensive work in medical education. During World War II he served as a carrier fighter pilot and Marine Corps Officer in the Black Sheep Squadron. During this time he also acted as Air Group Intelligence Officer. Dr. Hunter received many awards throughout his career and held many positions in various organizations serving the medical community. He was a member of Clemson United Methodist Church and served as a Lay Speaker. He was the founder of the Calhoun Lecture Series at Clemson University where there is a William H. Hunter Endowment in his honor. Surviving are his wife of over 64 years, Jane Minter Gardner; sons, John Mark McCarrell Hunter and wife Mellisa of Clarksville, TN, James Madison Hunter of Chapel Hill, NC, William Harvey Hunter, Jr. and wife Nore of Arden, NC, and Samuel Eugene Hunter of Santa Rosa, CA; daughter, Gwin Hunter Hanahan and husband Dr. Jim Hanahan, of Seneca, SC; grandchildren, Jane Hanahan Swing and husband Dale, J. Ross Hanahan III and wife Anna, Carson Gaillard Hanahan, W. Hunter Hanahan, William Harvey Hunter, III, Trevor C. Hunter, James Patrick Hunter, Julia Scott Hunter, Victoria Grace Hunter, and John Mark Davis Hunter; and one great-grandson, James Ross Hanahan, IV. Isabelle B. Kay has been associated with and close to Dr. Hunter's family for 55 years. Memorial Services will be 10:30 AM, Thursday at Clemson United Methodist Church. Visitation, 6 to 8 PM, Wednesday at DUCKETT-ROBINSON FUNERAL HOME, Central-Clemson Commons. Memorials may be made to the Clemson United Methodist Church Building Fund, PO Box 590, Clemson, SC 29633 or to the William H. Hunter Endowed Lecture, Clemson University, PO Box 1889, Clemson, SC 29633. A full obituary can be viewed online at www.robinsonfuneralhomes.com. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.