Mrs. Alice Skelton Hunt,
age 65 of Hiawassee,
GA (formerly of McDonough, GA), passed away at St.
Joseph's
Hospital in Atlanta,
GA on May 27, 2007
following an extended
illness due to kidney disease. She was born to the late Early Newell
and
Elizabeth Estelle (Phillips) Skelton on August 19, 1941 in Henry County, GA. She was involved with the Chatuge Regional
Hospital Auxiliary and held the office of President on two occasions.
She was
very active in the Emergency Room and loved the staff. She
was on the Board of the Towns County Lions
Club for a period of time and very active in the Lions Club. She loved her family and her two kitty cats,
E.T. and Whiskas.
She is survived by her
husband,
James Hunt of Hiawassee, GA;
brother, Willis Skelton, of Griffin, GA; sisters, Helen Jeffreys, of Jonesboro, GA;
Mamie Jeffreys, of Morrow, GA; Sarah Moore and Elon Dodgen, both of
Hiawassee;
and sister-in-law, Jane Skelton, of McDonough.
Funeral services were
held on Wednesday,
May 30, 2007 at 11:00
a.m. from McConnell Memorial
Baptist with Rev. Harold Ledford and Rev. James Blair officiating.
Pallbearers
were Glenn Jeffreys, Mickey Gregory, Rick Jeffreys, Mike Jeffreys,
Chris
Jeffreys, and Scott Dodgen. Honorary
pallbearers were the Towns County Lions Club and Chatuge Regional
Hospital
Auxiliary. Interment was in East
Lawn Cemetery
in McDonough, GA. In
lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Chatuge
Regional
Hospital Emergency Room for new construction of an Isolation Room.
Banister Funeral Home of
Hiawassee
in charge of arrangements.