Funeral Services for Terry Hunter, Jr., 55, Clinton resident will be held 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 11, 2020 in the Kiesau Memorial Chapel, officiated by Keith Russell and Eric Hunter. Burial will conclude in the Clinton Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.
Terry Glenn Hunter, Jr., was born October 1, 1964 to Terry G. Hunter and Carol K. (Meeks) Hunter-Underhill and passed away early Saturday, March 7, 2020 in the Grace Living Center in Clinton, Oklahoma.
He was raised in Clinton, Oklahoma where he attended Clinton Public School. He continued his education at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, OK and Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas and specialized in the study of history.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army National Guard and was honorably discharged after 10 years on August 14, 1991.
He was a lifelong member of the Custer Ave. Baptist Church (now the Avenue). He served the church in many capacities, including Royal Ambassador Crusade Counselor and a Brotherhood Director.
He enjoyed studying archeology, paleontology and art. In his early years his hobbies were collecting stamps and coins, and working on genealogy. He truly enjoyed learning and proving his family’s history, and he wrote books on his family’s history. He also wrote poetry and songs.
His working career included construction with his stepfather, Al Underhill, and his specialty was painting and laying floors.
He is preceded in death by his father, Terry Hunter, Sr., step-father, Al Underhill, brother Gregory C. Hunter and his grandparents, Jack and Mildred (Trench) Hunter and John and Lois (McMullin) Meeks.
He is survived by his mother, Carol Underhill, sister, Gayla Tucker and husband Michael, all of Clinton, brother, Bryan Hunter and wife, Staci, Arapaho.
He is also survived by step-mother Shirley Hunter, step-siblings, Brent Davis and wife Heather, Tami Davis, Tina Underhill, Sonja Parks; nieces and nephews, Monica Martinez, Clinton, Bailey, Brecken and Blake Hunter, Arapaho, Tanner and Kambree Davis, Taylor Young, Cole Young, Oklahoma City, and Ashley Young, Clinton, and great-niece and nephew, Karlee and Kyran Martinez, all of Clinton.