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| Daughter | Glennis Cox (b. about 1906) |
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| Father | Cox (d. before June 1900) |
| Mother | Sarah F. Boyer (b. 15 February 1886, d. 29 August 1970) |
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| Father | Valentine DeVault (b. 1769) |
| Mother | Anna Barbara May |
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| Daughter | Isabelle Catherine DeVault+ (b. about 1835) |
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| Daughter | Isabelle Catherine DeVault+ (b. about 1835) |
| Last Edited | 7 September 2012 00:00:00 |
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| Son | Gideon DeVault+ (b. 1810) |
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| Son | Gideon DeVault+ (b. 1810) |
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| Daughter | Laura L. Pulliam+ (b. 26 February 1852, d. 16 February 1922) |
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| Daughter | Laura L. Pulliam+ (b. 26 February 1852, d. 16 February 1922) |
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| Daughter | Lydia Ann Douglas+ (b. 7 May 1857, d. 21 June 1935) |
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| Daughter | Lydia Ann Douglas+ (b. 7 May 1857, d. 21 June 1935) |
| Last Edited | 7 July 2012 00:00:00 |
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| Son | Rev. Earl Gladstone Hunt+ (b. August 1886, d. 15 March 1953) |
| Last Edited | 7 July 2012 00:00:00 |
| Father | Henry Keefauver (b. 1 July 1836, d. 29 March 1900) |
| Mother | Sarah Jane Walker (b. 1840, d. 16 January 1885) |
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| Son | Rev. Earl Gladstone Hunt+ (b. August 1886, d. 15 March 1953) |
| Last Edited | 7 July 2012 00:00:00 |
| Father | Rev. Earl Gladstone Hunt (b. August 1886, d. 15 March 1953) |
| Mother | Tommie Mae DeVault (b. 23 July 1887, d. 22 November 1976) |
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| Son | Dr. Earl Stephen Hunt |
OBITUARY - United Methodist News Service - News Archives
Bishop Earl G. Hunt Jr. church ‘giant,’ dies at age 86
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (UMNS)—United Methodist Bishop Earl Gladstone Hunt Jr., 86, a leader in the church and in world Methodism, died March 26 at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C.
Elected to the episcopacy in 1964, he led annual (regional) conferences in the church for 24 years before retiring in 1988.
During his 46-year career, Hunt served at all levels of the United Methodist Church and was active in the World Methodist Council. He also was widely respected as an evangelist, earning the top awards given for outstanding evangelism in the denomination.
“He was a strong, articulate, passionate voice for the spread of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ,” said the Rev. H. Eddie Fox, director of world evangelism for the World Methodist Council in Nashville, Tenn. “…When he stood to speak, everyone listened.”
Fox, a fellow Holston Annual Conference native, knew Hunt for almost 50 years. “Whether it was on the world scene (or) whether it was in the Council of Bishops, he was certainly a giant.”
Hunt was born in Johnson City, Tenn., on Sept. 14, 1918, the son of Earl Gladstone and Tommie Mae DeVault Hunt. He earned a bachelor’s degree from East Tennessee State University in 1941 and a divinity degree from Candler School of Theology in 1946. He was ordained a deacon in 1944 and an elder the following year.
He began his pastoral ministry at Sardis Methodist Church in Atlanta as a student pastor. Returning to his home conference in 1944, he served churches in Kingsport, Chattanooga and Morristown, Tenn. In 1956, he was elected president of Emory & Henry College in Emory, Va., where he served for eight years.
He became a bishop at age 46, when the Southeastern Jurisdiction elected him and assigned him to lead the Charlotte (N.C.) Area. During his 12 years there, he appointed the first black pastor to serve as a district superintendent in the Southeastern Jurisdiction and he organized a lay advisory council.
In 1976, Hunt was assigned to the church’s Nashville (Tenn.) Area. There, he began his writing ministry, producing several books on theology and evangelism. At the time of his death, he was working on his last book, An Open Door.
Four years later, Hunt became leader of the Florida Area, where he served until 1988. While in Florida, he led the denomination’s Committee on Our Theological Task. The committee spent nearly eight years perfecting a document addressing the church’s theological task in the world. In 1988, the General Conference adopted the document, which is still contained in the denomination’s Book of Discipline.
Hunt was the keynote speaker for the 1976 World Methodist Conference in Dublin, Ireland. He served 10 years on the council’s executive committee and was awarded the World Methodist Chair of Honor in 1988.
Upon retiring, he moved to Lake Junaluska, N.C. There he served as president of the Foundation for Evangelism, an affiliate ministry of the United Methodist Board of Discipleship. In 2002, the foundation honored him as a Lifetime Distinguished Evangelist of the United Methodist Church, a rare honor. Other recognition included the Philip Award, given by the National Association of United Methodist Evangelists.
“Bishop Hunt was larger than life in so many ways,” said Bishop Richard Looney. Looney, president of the Foundation for Evangelism.
Hunt’s arrival at the foundation in 1988 came at a critical time, Looney said. “He brought real strength and credibility in moving the foundation forward. … He gave so much energy, and that helped to renew the foundation’s vitality.”
Hunt gave his energy to numerous other organizations during his career, including the General Council on Ministries and the governing board of the National Council of Churches. He led the United Methodist Bicentennial Planning Committee, the Board of Higher Education and Ministry, and the Council of Bishops, and served as a trustee for 10 colleges and universities.
The bishop is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Kyker Hunt; and son, Dr. Earl Stephen “Steve” Hunt, and daughter-in-law, Edeltraut Hunt, of Bethesda, Md.
Funeral services will be March 30 at Long’s Chapel United Methodist Church in Lake Junaluska. Principal speakers will be Bishop Ken Carder and James C. Logan. Bishops Looney, Charlene P. Kammerer and J. Lawrence McCleskey will also participate. Looney will lead a committal service later that day in Johnson City.
Memorial gifts may be sent to the Foundation for Evangelism, P.O. Box 985, Lake Junaluska, NC 28745; Given Estates Resident Supplementary Assistance Fund, 2360 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville, NC 28803; or Emory & Henry College, P.O. Box 947, Emory, VA 24327.
*Hand is director of communication for the United Methodist Church’s Western North Carolina Annual Conference. Some information used in this obituary was obtained from the Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times newspaper.
News media contact: Tim Tanton, Nashville, Tenn., (615) 742-5470 or newsdesk@umcom.org.
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| Daughter | Mary A. Keefauver+ (b. 1863, d. 1922) |
| Last Edited | 7 July 2012 00:00:00 |
| Father | Jonathan Bacon (b. 1801, d. 1860) |
| Mother | Deborah Barron (b. 1807, d. after June 1880) |
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| Son | Alvin Van Buren Keefauver+ (b. 5 October 1859, d. 2 January 1930) |
| Son | Joseph Deadrick Keefauver, Sr.+ (b. 17 April 1861, d. 2 October 1917) |
| Daughter | Dicey Alice Keefauver (b. 12 December 1862, d. 14 August 1885) |
| Son | Shelton B. Keefauver+ (b. 28 July 1864, d. 23 May 1904) |
| Daughter | Elizabeth A. Keefauver+ (b. 31 May 1866, d. 2 January 1899) |
| Son | Abraham L. Keefauver (b. 20 April 1869, d. 18 September 1928) |
| Daughter | Julia Catherine Keefauver+ (b. 12 December 1872, d. 23 April 1972) |
| Son | James M. Keefauver (b. 16 April 1875, d. 7 February 1903) |
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| Daughter | Lydia Ann Bacon+ (b. 29 August 1835, d. 25 June 1889) |
| Daughter | Deborah Bacon+ (b. 10 September 1850, d. 12 October 1914) |
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| Father | Thomas Barron (b. 6 February 1776, d. 24 January 1863) |
| Mother | Phebe Jobe (b. 3 September 1777, d. 17 August 1858) |
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| Daughter | Lydia Ann Bacon+ (b. 29 August 1835, d. 25 June 1889) |
per Findagrave.com memorial:
"Deborah Barron was the 4th daughter of Thomas & Phebe Jobe Barron. She married Jonathan Bacon son of James & Magdalena Neumann Bacon. Deborah and Jonathan lived all their life on West Sinking Creek and may have lived in the log cabin that is preserved today in a Walker barn. They had twelve children and the two story cabin would fit the family nicely. Deborah and Jonathan were married September 8, 1825 by Archibald Glasscock, JP. Deborah and Sarah married brothers so our two families are double cousins."
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| Father | Payne Squibb (b. 12 May 1802, d. 3 July 1870) |
| Mother | Dicey Hunt (b. 15 April 1807, d. 22 August 1856) |
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| Daughter | Mary J. Squibb (b. 20 October 1862, d. 16 September 1935) |
| Son | William Shelton Squibb+ (b. 4 January 1864, d. 3 November 1929) |
| Daughter | Dicy Squibb+ (b. 12 January 1866, d. 25 September 1919) |
| Daughter | Sarah Elizabeth Squibb+ (b. 6 August 1869, d. 3 July 1928) |
| Daughter | Julia Ann Squibb (b. June 1872, d. 3 August 1949) |
| Daughter | Achsa J. Squibb (b. June 1872, d. 1942) |
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| Father | John Squibb (b. 29 September 1763, d. 11 April 1843) |
| Mother | Sarah Payne (b. 30 January 1767, d. 17 February 1837) |
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| Son | Uriah Hunt Squibb+ (b. 18 December 1833, d. 27 October 1895) |
| Last Edited | 10 January 2021 00:00:00 |
| Father | Rev. Uriah Hunt (b. 3 March 1757, d. 1824) |
| Mother | Sarah Jane Kincheloe (b. 1763, d. 1834) |
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| Son | Uriah Hunt Squibb+ (b. 18 December 1833, d. 27 October 1895) |
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| Daughter | Emma Jefferson Childress+ (b. 4 January 1866, d. 24 September 1944) |
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| Daughter | Emma Jefferson Childress+ (b. 4 January 1866, d. 24 September 1944) |
per Tracy Devault:
Dorothy (DeVault) Bicknell has a note in her genealogy of Henry Dewald of Pennsylvania to the effect that Emma (Childress) DeVault was a granddaughter of Henry and Kitty DeVault. If Dorothy is talking about Henry and Kitty (Gross) Dawalt, I can find no evidence to substantiate this claim. Emma was the daughter of William and Lucinda (Davault) Childress. There is an article (Families and History of Sullivan County Tennessee, Volume I, 1779 - 1992, Article 759 - Elijah E. Davault) that states that the Lucinda Davault (later DeVault) that married William Childress is the grandaughter of Daniel Davault and Mary Ann Roller. This means that she is not a descendant of our Henry Dewald of Pennsylvania. William and Lucinda (DeVault) Childress are buried in the Paperville Cemetery next to Henry DeVault Childress and his wife. Henry and Emma were brother and sister.
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| Daughter | Lena Avis Shoun+ (b. 23 March 1900, d. February 1976) |
| Last Edited | 7 July 2012 00:00:00 |
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| Daughter | Lena Avis Shoun+ (b. 23 March 1900, d. February 1976) |
| Last Edited | 7 July 2012 00:00:00 |
| Father | Karl Vernon DeVault (b. 6 February 1890, d. April 1968) |
| Mother | Lena Avis Shoun (b. 23 March 1900, d. February 1976) |
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| Daughter | Linda Ann DeVault |
| Son | Clifford Olin DeVault (b. 21 September 1943, d. before 28 January 2011) |
| Last Edited | 28 September 2012 00:00:00 |
| Father | Karl Vernon DeVault (b. 6 February 1890, d. April 1968) |
| Mother | Lena Avis Shoun (b. 23 March 1900, d. February 1976) |
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| Son | Karl Howard DeVault (b. 28 August 1946, d. 19 June 1975) |
| Last Edited | 28 September 2012 00:00:00 |
| Father | Karl Vernon DeVault (b. 6 February 1890, d. April 1968) |
| Mother | Lena Avis Shoun (b. 23 March 1900, d. February 1976) |
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| Daughter | Stephanie Devault Fleming |
| Daughter | Susan Arlene Fleming |
| Last Edited | 30 September 2012 00:00:00 |
| Father | Karl Vernon DeVault (b. 6 February 1890, d. April 1968) |
| Mother | Lena Avis Shoun (b. 23 March 1900, d. February 1976) |
| Pedigree Link |
| Son | John Baxter DeVault, Jr. |
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| Son | Raleigh E. Mumpower+ (b. April 1892, d. 8 November 1949) |
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