GARLAND B. "SKIPPER" HUNTER

HUNTER, GARLAND B. "SKIPPER" Garland B. "Skipper" Hunter, 95, of Traverse City and formerly of La Jolla, CA, passed away Sunday, August 15, 2010, at the Grand Traverse Pavilions. Garland was born on June 19, 1915 in Screven County, GA. He graduated from Sylvania High School in June 1936 and then attended two years of business school before moving to California in 1939. After serving his country honorably in WWII with the United States Army, Garland married the former Mary I. Cump in 1957. They shared 52 years together before Mary passed away in 2009. Garland and Mary owned and operated Skipper's Twin Palms Restaurant in LaJolla until he sold the business in 1973. He was a hard working man who had a great sense of humor. He enjoyed playing cards, golfing, and raising orchids which thrived in the mild southern California climate. In 1957, he became a charter member of Torrey Pines Men's Golf Club in San Diego. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary, his parents Garland Bowie "Jack" Hunter and Goldie B. Hunter Pearson Newton and seven siblings, Cyril Talmadge Hunter, John Robert Hunter, Lily Hunter Swindell, William Henry Hunter, Kate Hunter Wade, Jewel Hunter Zetterower, and Samuel Moses Pearson. Garland is survived by his nieces and nephews, Sandra (Assad) Al-Shamma of Traverse City, MI., Jon Cump of Traverse City, MI., David (Norma) Cump of Irving, TX, Dr. Paul (Susie) Cump of Johns Island, SC; Charles Cump of Denver, CO., Luree Nowell of Sylvania, GA., Judy (Rufus) Futch of Statesboro, GA., Owen (Lucille) Zetterower of Statesboro, GA; Jane Harkelroad of Statesboro, GA., and Juliann R. Hunter of Decatur, GA., as well as many great nieces and nephews. Cremation has taken place and inurnment will be in the Middle Ground Baptist Church Cemetery in Sylvania, Ga. The graveside service for both Mary and Garland will take place on the Hunter Family Plot on October 23, 2010 at 1 p.m. The family would like to thank the Grand Traverse Pavilions for their loving care over the past four years. Memorial contributions in Garland's name may be directed to the Grand Traverse Pavilions Benevolent Endowment Fund, 1000 Pavilions Circle, Traverse City, MI 49684. The family was served by The Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, 305 Sixth Street, Traverse City, MI 49684 and the Joiner Anderson Funeral Home and Crematory - Sylvania Chapel, Sylvania, GA.