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     Matilda Ann Evans Ann Evans Hunt, 74, of Frederick, MD died peacefully on Monday, September 18, 2006 in Frederick, Maryland. She was born October 30, 1931 to Charles Evans and Mildred Hutchinson Evans in Morgantown, WV. She graduated from Morgantown High School and then attended West Virginia University in Morgantown, where she graduated with a degree in Recreation. In 1954, she married John Louis Hunt, of Burton, West Virginia. Over the years they lived in California, Maryland, and lived in the Grafton, West Virginia area for twenty years. Ann was involved in many community activities. She was a member of the Frederick County Homemakers and the Walkersville Parks and Recreation Commission, where she was instrumental in the creation of the Walkersville City Park. She was also one of the contributors to the published history of the Walkersville Community. Ann was a member of the Daughters of the American Colonists and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a long time member of the Walkersville United Methodist Church and the Church of the Good Shepherd in Grafton. Ann was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Mildred Evans, a brother, Charles Evans, Jr., and her husband, John L. Hunt, who passed away in 2001. Surviving are two sons, Charles Garrett Hunt of Keymar, Maryland, and John Matthew Hunt, of Billings, Montana. Friends may call at the Tennant Funeral Home in Hundred, WV from 3:00 PM until 4:00 PM Saturday, September 23, 2006. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 PM with the Pastor Bert Coffman officiating. Interment will follow in the Harmony Cemetery at Burton, WV. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Church of the Good Shepherd, Route 4, Box 284, Grafton, WV 26354. Ann would also particularly appreciate trees being planted as a memorial.¹ She was buried at Harmony Cemetery, Burton, Wetzel Co., West Virginia.^1,5 Her Social Security Number was 233-46-9335.² She was born on October 30, 1931 at Morgantown, Monongalia Co., West Virginia.^1,2,3 As of June 1, 1954,her married name was Hunt.³ She married John Louis Hunt on June 1, 1954 at Morgantown, Monongalia Co., West Virginia.^1,3 Matilda Ann Evans died on September 18, 2006 at Frederick, Frederick Co., Maryland, at age 74.^1,2

     John Louis Hunt was buried at Harmony Cemetery, Burton, Wetzel Co., West Virginia.⁴ His Social Security Number was 233-50-5694.³ He was born on November 12, 1930 at Burton, Wetzel Co., West Virginia.^2,3 He married Matilda Ann Evans, daughter of Charles Marion Evans and Mildred Matilda Hutchinson, on June 1, 1954 at Morgantown, Monongalia Co., West Virginia.^1,2 John Louis Hunt died on May 27, 2001 at West Virginia at age 70.³

     Charles Edgar Hutchinson Jr. was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co., West Virginia.¹ He was born on March 4, 1903 at Ohio.¹ He married Elizabth Hanna Eggleton on February 3, 1928 at Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.⁴ Charles Edgar Hutchinson Jr. died on July 23, 1961 at Pullman, Ritchie Co., West Virginia, at age 58.¹

     Elizabth Hanna Eggleton was born on January 28, 1904 at Nicholas Co., West Virginia. As of February 3, 1928,her married name was Hutchinson.¹ She married Charles Edgar Hutchinson Jr., son of Charles Edgar Hutchinson Sr. and Ida Blanche Cook, on February 3, 1928 at Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia.¹ Elizabth Hanna Eggleton died on March 16, 1992 at Virginia Beach, Virginia, at age 88.²

     John Marine Sanford was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, 1427 Norway Avenue, Huntington, Cabell Co., West Virginia.² He was born on November 5, 1874 at Lincoln Co., West Virginia.^1,3,4 He married Louisa Caroline "Lula" Hutchinson, daughter of Adonium/Adoniram Judson Hutchinson and Margaret Ann Gray, on September 18, 1901 at Parkersburg, Wood Co., West Virginia.¹ John Marine Sanford died on March 19, 1948 at Weston, Lewis Co., West Virginia, at age 73.³

     Oscar Collen Griffith was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, 1427 Norway Avenue, Huntington, Cabell Co., West Virginia.² He was born in 1869 at West Virginia.² He married Rosina Alice Hutchinson, daughter of Adonium/Adoniram Judson Hutchinson and Margaret Ann Gray, on September 14, 1893 at Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^1,3 Oscar Collen Griffith died on June 3, 1934 at Welch, McDowell Co., West Virginia.³ He Funeral services for O. C. Griffith, 65 years old, who died in a Welch hospital Sunday morning of uremic poison, were conducted at the residence in Huntington yesterday afternoon. Mr. Griffith was associated with his son, Captain Luther Griffith, in the lumber business. He was well known in Raleigh county by reason of his marriage a number of years ago to Miss Alice Hutchinson, sister of Senator J. Q. Hutchinson, well known Beckley attorney. The widow, a son and daughter survive. on June 5, 1934.³

     James Edward Scott was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, 1427 Norway Avenue, Huntington, Cabell Co., West Virginia.^2,3 He was born on May 5, 1873 at Beverly, Washington Co., Ohio.^3,4 He married Mary Elizabeth Hutchinson, daughter of Adonium/Adoniram Judson Hutchinson and Margaret Ann Gray, on January 6, 1914 at Huntington, Cabell Co., West Virginia.¹ James Edward Scott died on September 22, 1935 at Huntington, Cabell Co., West Virginia, at age 62.³

     Luther Oscar Griffith was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, 1427 Norway Avenue, Huntington, Cabell Co., West Virginia.^5,8 He was born on June 24, 1894 at Milton, Cabell Co., West Virginia; The West Virginia Birth Index has a birth date of Jun 25, 1894.^1,2,5,6,7,8 He married Adelaide Gammon Cothran on April 8, 1920 at New Orleans, Louisiana.⁴ Luther Oscar Griffith died on August 27, 1967 at Huntington, Cabell Co., West Virginia, at age 73.^5,8

     Marguerite A. Griffith was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, 1427 Norway Avenue, Huntington, Cabell Co., West Virginia.¹ She was born in 1901 at Cabell Co., West Virginia.^1,3 As of September 8, 1920,her married name was Witherspoon.³ She married Harry Dixon Witherspoon on September 8, 1920 at Cabell Co., West Virginia.^1,3 Marguerite A. Griffith died in 1954.¹

     Harry Dixon Witherspoon was buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina.³ He was born on February 15, 1900 at Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina.^3,4,5,6 He married Marguerite A. Griffith, daughter of Oscar Collen Griffith and Rosina Alice Hutchinson, on September 8, 1920 at Cabell Co., West Virginia.^7,8 Harry Dixon Witherspoon died on April 20, 1956 at Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, at age 56.³

     Her Social Security Number was 242-26-4761.² Merilyn Alice Witherspoon was buried at Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 350 Province Line Road, Wrightstown, Burlington Co., New Jersey.^4,8 She was born on June 21, 1923 at Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina.^1,2,4,8 As of August 5, 1944,her married name was Blake.³ She married Frederick Ivan "Fred" Blake on August 5, 1944 at Wilmington, New Hanover Co., North Carolina.^3,4,5 Merilyn Alice Witherspoon died on October 15, 1999 at Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts, at age 76.^2,9,4,8,5 She Merilyn Witherspoon Blake, 76, of Rowley, Mass., formerly of Lakehurst, died Friday of cancer in Rowley. She was a secretary for the Union City Board of Education, retiring in 1992. She was an active church member all her life, and served in various capacities teaching and promoting an understanding of God as personally involved in our lives. Once diagnosed with cancer, her faith freed her to anticipate her death with confidence and peace. Travel was one of her chief pleasures in life. She traveled extensively in Europe and drove 14,000 miles across the United States this spring. Born in Asheville, N.C., she lived in Union City and in Lakehurst before moving to Rowley. She was predeceased by her husband, Frederick I. Blake. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Fred and Laurie Blake of Hasbrouck Heights; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Carolyn Blake of Annandale, Barbara and Arthur Goodridge of Malden, Mass., and Patricia and Ron Stimers of Rowley, Mass; six grandchildren, Kimberlee Greenawalt, Ryan Stimers, Lael Stimers, Anand Goodridge, Tyler Blake and Conner Blake; and three nieces, Carol Klein, Gayle Roorda and Nancy Calhoun. on October 20, 1999.⁵

     Sarah Patricia Witherspoon was buried at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, 118 Woodland Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio.⁵ She was born on March 18, 1926 at Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina.^1,2,5 As of November 15, 1947,her married name was Miller.² She married Thomas Gerald Miller on November 15, 1947 at Norfolk, Virginia.² Sarah Patricia Witherspoon died on March 22, 1961 at Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, at age 35.^5,6

     Adelaide Gammon Cothran was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, 1427 Norway Avenue, Huntington, Cabell Co., West Virginia.² Her Social Security Number was 232-56-3192.³ She was born on November 11, 1896 at Georgia.^4,2,3 As of April 8, 1920,her married name was Griffith.¹ She married Luther Oscar Griffith, son of Oscar Collen Griffith and Rosina Alice Hutchinson, on April 8, 1920 at New Orleans, Louisiana.¹ Adelaide Gammon Cothran died on March 15, 1981 at West Virginia at age 84.²

     His Social Security Number was 234-28-7884.¹ Luther Dickson Griffith was born on November 9, 1921 at Oakland, Alameda Co., California.^2,3,6,7 He died on March 10, 2000 at New Mexico at age 78.^1,6,7

     Adelaide Alice Griffith was born on December 6, 1925 at New Orleans, Louisiana.^4,2 As of February 3, 1951,her married name was Winstead.² She married Edwin Godley Winstead on February 3, 1951 at Huntington, Cabell Co., West Virginia.²

     His Social Security Number was 058-10-8649.³ Frederick Ivan "Fred" Blake was buried at Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 350 Province Line Road, Wrightstown, Burlington Co., New Jersey.² He was born on February 8, 1918 at Montreal, Canada.^2,3 He married Merilyn Alice Witherspoon, daughter of Harry Dixon Witherspoon and Marguerite A. Griffith, on August 5, 1944 at Wilmington, New Hanover Co., North Carolina.^1,5,4 Frederick Ivan "Fred" Blake died on June 8, 1997 at New Jersey at age 79.^2,3