MAMIE HUNTER

April 26, 1935 - August 17, 2011

Mamie Ruth Hunter, 76, of Queen Creek, AZ, formerly of Kankakee, IL, died Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at her residence. Visitation will be Thursday, August 25, 2011 from 5:00 until 8:00 PM at Lax Mortuary and again Friday, August 26, 2011 from 10:00 AM until time of Funeral Services at 11:00 AM at House of Prayer Apostolic Church of God. Pastor Claudius Anderson will officiate. Burial will be in Mound Grove Gardens of Memory. Mamie Ruth Hunter was born April 26, 1935 in Vicksburg, Mississippi to Charlie and Anna Tillman Bruce. She was united in Holy Matrimony to Archie Hunter. Mrs. Hunter, a homemaker, enjoyed cooking, attending church services and spending time with her children and grandchildren. She leaves to cherish her memory, two sons, Calvin Hunter of Montgomery, AL and D’Angelo Hunter of Kankakee, IL; six daughters and three sons-in-law, Elizabeth Harrell of Springfield, MO, Curtiss Mae and Bobby Townes and Deloris Wright all of Springfield, MO, Carol and Clarence Washington of Caruthersville, MO, Brenda Hunter of Kankakee, IL and Mary and Jimmie Martin of Queen Creek, AZ; two special sisters, Katherine Price and Phala Nuckolls, both of Kankakee, IL; a special grandson, Damonte Lamar hunter Jr., and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, a daughter, Ann Carol Hunter; a grandson, Michael Harrell; four brothers, Herman Burton, Willie Bruce, Charlie Bruce and Curtis Bruce; six sisters, Louise Bruce Shelby, Pauline Johnson, Bernice Bruce Morgan, Mary Bruce Graham, Minnie Bruce and Irene Bruce; two brothers-in-law, George Nuckolls and Bea Price.