Gloria Jean Hunt

Gloria Jean Hunt, 86, longtime resident of Muskogee passed away Friday morning. Gloria was born January 20, 1927 in Checotah, Oklahoma to Virgil and Lala Harrison. She grew up and attended school in Checotah and moved to Muskogee with her parents in 1946, and has lived in Muskogee since that time. On August 30, 1957 she and Lloyd Hunt were married in Stigler, Oklahoma. Gloria began her career as a secretary working locally for a State Farm Insurance agent until she transferred to the Claims Office of State Farm where she worked 35 years, retiring in 1990. Since her retirement she has been very active attending softball games and watching her favorite softball team, the Wildcats, which has been coached by her son, Hal Sands. Also during her retirement, Gloria has enjoyed line dancing, card playing, watching all sports—football, basketball, baseball (especially the Yankees), and women’s and girl’s softball, local and professional. She especially enjoyed watching and traveling with her granddaughters’ softball teams, season after season. Gloria was a member of First Baptist Church of Muskogee. She was a Christian and loved God and her family with all her heart. She was a friend to many but to her family, she was their best friend. Gloria is preceded in death by her parents, her brother Burl Harrison and her sister Kaye Harrison. Gloria is survived by her husband, Lloyd Hunt of the home; her daughter, Sandy Sands of Tulsa; her son, Hal Sands of Claremore; her daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Tony Burnham of Muskogee; her brothers and sisters-in-law, Jack and Barbara Harrison and Bill and Kaye Harrison all of Muskogee, and Max and Euna Harrison of Morrilton, Arkansas; her sister, Nadine Harden of Lansdowne, Virginia; her granddaughters, Whitney Thornton and Ryan Jean Burnham of Broken Arrow and Leigh Anne Craig and her husband Chas Craig of Tulsa; her great grandchildren, Mallory Thornton, Connor Ellis, and Vivian Ellis; and numerous nieces and nephews and a special niece, Vickie Parker. Funeral services will be Tuesday, July 23, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church Chapel with Reverend Rex Wilkinson officiating. Interment will follow at Greenhill Cemetery in Muskogee.

Gloria Jean Hunt

January 20, 1927 - July 20, 2013