Carl Doering Hunter's Obituary
Carl Doering Hunter, 89, died March 17, 2016, in Austell, Georgia, following a brief illness. He was born February 25, 1927, in Orangeburg, South Carolina, the youngest of five children of John Marion Hunter and wife Adeline Von Ohsen. The last surviving grandchild on both sides of his family, his grandparents were Confederate veteran and Bamberg Co., S.C., planter Andrew Jackson Hunter and wife Martha Mary Riggs, and Orangeburg businessman Henry Von Ohsen and wife Caroline Barbara Mundell. In the 1960s, a decade after the death of his parents, he developed the farm on which he was born and raised into Orangeburg’s Hunter Hill subdivision. A 1944 graduate of A.J. Thackston High School, over the following decade he farmed, took college courses, worked for the Post Office, and started an orchard and landscaping business. Having been a Boy Scout since 1939, earned the rank of Eagle, and served as scoutmaster, in 1954 he decided to turn this great enthusiasm into a career. After graduating from the National Executive Institute, he embarked on a thirty-eight year journey as an executive with the Boy Scouts of America. He served in various capacities, including Council Executive, and won numerous awards for his prowess in both membership and fund raising. His career took him to Camden and Aiken, South Carolina, Kinston, Albemarle, and Asheville, North Carolina, and, in 1976, Charlottesville, Virginia. On October 20, 1951, he married the love of his life Doris Jean Martin, and after retirement, they remained in Charlottesville until her death on June 24, 2013. Following this, he moved to Presbyterian Village in Austell, Georgia, to be close to family. Deeply religious, he was raised a Baptist, and served as Deacon in the First Baptist Churches of Aiken, Kinston, Albemarle, and Charlottesville. In the 1980s, he and his wife joined the First Presbyterian Church of Charlottesville, where he served as both an Elder and Trustee. A Rotarian for nearly sixty years, he was a double Paul Harris Fellow and an officer in several clubs, including President of the Charlottesville Rotary Club. He was also an officer of the Thomas Jefferson Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. Over the years, he was involved in numerous other civic activities, ranging from Treasurer of the Albemarle High School Band Boosters to serving as a team leader for the soup kitchen sponsored by Charlottesville’s downtown churches. Even into his late 80s, he was helping organize the weekly church services at Presbyterian Village. An outgoing man who was a natural-born salesman, through both his work and outside activities, he touched the lives of many. He was an avid gardener who retained his green thumb for lawns, vegetables, and, especially, flowers until the end. His true passion, however, was his family. He is survived by two sons, George Martin Hunter and wife Catherine Thompson of Charlotte, N.C., and Thomas Rogers Hunter and wife Nicole of Dallas, Ga., as well as three grandchildren: Paul Thompson Hunter, a student at Queens University, Elizabeth Martin Hunter, a student at Davidson College, and Adeline Medley Hunter of Dallas, Ga. His ashes will be buried in the Hunter’s Chapel Baptist Church cemetery in Bamberg County, S.C., and a memorial service will be held in the Lakeview Room of Presbyterian Village, Austell, Georgia, on Saturday, March 26, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Caring Hands Fund, Presbyterian Village, 2000 East-West Connector, Austell, GA, 30106. www.davisstruempf.com
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