Amanda Gunter

Amanda Jean Wagner Gunter GOOSE CREEK - Amanda Gunter, a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend returned home to her Heavenly Father on September 18, 2009 along with her unborn child. Amanda Jean Wagner Gunter, Wife of Levin Gunter, was a resident of Goose Creek, SC. Amanda was born July 4, 1984 to Thomas Roy Wagner and Linda Adams Wagner. Amanda was always full of energy. From a very young age, Amanda was the "leader of the kids." She was eager to help and teach her younger siblings. At Stratford High School, Amanda served as captain of the Marching Band and Senior Class President. She graduated number 11 in her class. After high school, Amanda earned her Bachelor's degree in Textile Chemistry at Clemson. During college, Amanda enjoyed football games, swing dancing, and Bible study with her roommates. She also interned with the H.L. Hunley preservation group and studied abroad in Australia where she enjoyed the people, learning about a new culture, and swimming with sharks. Amanda married her sweetheart Levin, July 7, 2006, the summer after she graduated from Clemson. Amanda and Levin spent the first 2 1/2 years of marriage in Laie, Hawaii where Levin was completing his Bachelor's degree at Brigham Young University Hawaii. During this period, she worked in a chemistry lab and made friends with people from many cultures. On May 29, 2008 they were blessed with a beautiful baby girl named Ansley. Amanda cherished the opportunity to nurture her daughter. She would read to her and take her for walks. She loved taking pictures and sharing their family's adventures through her blog (http://gunterfullife.blogspot.com/). Throughout her life, there seemed to be nothing Amanda could not do once she put her mind to it. She always had several projects on which she was excitedly working. Amanda loved to make things beautiful. Amanda and Levin shared a gift for creating something wonderful out of raw materials. With this gift, they created a lovely home for their little family. The simplest way Amanda brought beauty to our lives was through her radiant smile. Smiles were gifts Amanda loved to give, and she had one for everybody. Amanda truly cared for people. She was a good listener and would help us see the best in others and in ourselves. Amanda loved to help anyone at anytime. She sought out the lonely in a crowd and befriended them. She took joy in hosting parties that would bring her family and friends together. Amanda also loved her Heavenly Father very much. She never felt self-conscious about her faith and tried her best to live it every day. She truly was a child of God. Amanda started instilling these same values in her daughter, Ansley, even at the young age of 15 months. She is survived by her husband, Edmond Levin Gunter; daughter Ansley (15 months); parents, Thomas and Linda Wagner; many aunts and uncles and their families; three sisters Ellen Peeples (Joseph), Karen Wagner and Jeanine Wagner; brother Samuel Wagner; maternal grandmother, Shelby Adams; paternal grandparents, Roy and Mignon Wagner; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Ernest "Lonnie" and Thelma Gunter. The relatives and friends of Amanda are invited to attend the funeral which will be held tomorrow, Thursday September 24, at Ten o'clock at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Antler Drive. The family will receive friends tonight, Wednesday September 23, at J. HENRY STUHR INC., NORTHWOODS CHAPEL, 2180 Greenridge Road, from six until eight o'clock. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made payable to "The Amanda Gunter Fund" and mailed to: Michelle Adams c/o WACHOVIA BANK 101 Berkeley Square Lane, Goose Creek, SC 29445. A memorial message may be written to the family by visiting our website at www.jhenrystuhr.com. Visit our guestbook at www.postandcourier.com/deaths