Murray C. Bunch

Murray C. Bunch SUFFOLK - Murray Copeland Bunch, 78, died Jan. 21, 2009, in Sentara Obici Hospital. Born in Hobbsville, N.C., he was the son of the late Joseph Haywood and Inez Rachel Copeland Bunch and brother of the late Hillard Bunch, Lindsey Bunch, Callie Bunch, Allie Mae White and Ruby Evans. Mr. Bunch retired from the Coca Cola Company after 36 years as a supervisor and was a member of Sandy Cross Baptist Church in North Carolina. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Jean Whitehurst Bunch; daughter, Cindy and husband Larry Chavis of Suffolk; sons, Kenneth and wife Mabel Bunch of Carrsville, Keith Bunch of Chesapeake and Bobby and wife Debbie Bunch of Suffolk; sister, Hallie Lane of Belvidere, N.C.; brother, Otis Bunch of Maple, N.C.; grandchildren, Kimberly Vick, Kristen Bass, Courtney Williams, Brittany Weisinger, Kent and Kirk Bunch, Brent and Brooke Bunch; and eight great-grandchildren. A funeral will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home & Crematory by the Rev. Donald Jones with burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends in the funeral home today from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Whaleyville Volunteer Fire Department, 6235 Whaleyville Blvd., Suffolk, VA 23438. Condolences may be registered at www.rwbakerfh.com.