J. Garrett Hunter, 87, of West Alexander, died Thursday, September 3, 1998, in Washington Hospital. Mr. Hunter was a member and elder of West Alexander Presbyterian Church. He was a graduate of Claysville High School where he received a FFA American Farmers degree. Mr. Hunter was a prominent dairy farmer and co-owner of Toll Gate Ayr Farm. He was a member of the Gideons Society, Claysville Grange, Pomona Grange, National Grange, the State and National Ayrshire Breeders Association, president of the West Alexander Agricultural Fair Association for 43 years, past president of ASCS office of Washington County, an auditor for Donegal Township and a West Alexander school director. On May 16, 1936, he married Adalyn Reed, who survives. Also surviving are three sons, John F. and Dwight R. Hunter, both of West Alexander, and James R. Hunter of Magnolia, Ohio; six grandchildren, Kathy Morgan, Gary, John Mark, Richard and Jeffrey Hunter and Shelli Arnold; seven great-grandchildren; a brother, Ralph J. Hunter of Washington; a sister, Margaret Pollock of Eighty Four; and several nieces and nephews. Deceased are a granddaughter, Jill L. Hunter; a brother, Robert Hunter; and three sisters, Lillian Sampson, Gladys Gittings and Eudora Hunter. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Friday, September 4, 1998J. Garrett Hunter
Prominent dairy farmer of West Alexander
He was born November 25, 1910, in West Alexander R.D., a son of John H. and Rebecca Winters Hunter.