Louis R. Hunter

Louis R. Hunter, 93, passed away Saturday, Oct. 31.

A memorial service will be held at a later date due to the coronavirus.

He was born to Efton and Ida Mae (Beck) Hunter on Aug. 2, 1927, in Burleson. They moved to the Electra area when he was six months old. As a young man he worked at the Ice Plant, Fina Station, and Kemple’s Grain elevator. He married Betty Sue (Griffith) Hunter on Sept. 11, 1947. They were married 50 years. He later was a truck operator for National Tank Company, owned his own grain hauling truck for a while, and he and his wife owned the Hunter Laundromat on West Railroad. In his later years he was truck operator for John Swanson Drilling Company, Tiger Mike Drilling Company and drove a forklift for Dorlands. He enjoyed tinkering on small engines and building things. He built the large penny collection box for the Library Fund at Dinsmore that held the “Million Pennies,” He enjoyed playing the harmonica for the kids there, also at jamborees, and hymns for his own pleasure. He attended Rockcrossing Cowboy Church.

He is preceded in death by his parents; wife; and siblings, Ola Mae Urban, Alma Lee Glisson, Arlie Anderson, John Hunter, Andy Hunter, Ava Erwin, Louise Johnson, and Eldon Hunter.

Surviving relatives include one son, Pat Hunter of Iowa Park; daughters, Debbie Hunter Wright of Electra, Suzanne Hunter Ervin of Terlingua; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the famiy suggest memorials to the Electra Senior Citizens Center.