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Thomas Wayne Hunter, of Alamogordo, NM, died Thursday, August 19, 1999. He was born October 27, 1947 in Albuquerque, to John Thomas Hunter and Florence Lou (Wood) Hunter. He was married in Albuquerque to Doris Davis by longtime family friend and Pastor, Carmen Conner, whose wife is Dorothy. Tom was a graduate of Highland High School in Albuquerque and New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. Church memberships included Highland Baptist and Heights Baptist Church of Albuquerque and Bethel Baptist Church of Alamogordo since 1983. He served two years in the U.S. Navy and retired as M.Sgt. after 20 years in the U.S. Air Force as a specialist in disaster preparedness at numerous Air Force bases around the world. He used his social degree for two years at the VA Medical Center at T or C, NM. He was preceded in death by his three uncles, Raymond, Roy and Ralph Wood; and his aunt, Melvina Loghry. In addition to his parents and his wife he is survived by his daughters, Heidi Joy Cheney and granddaughters, Brittany Marie and Samantha Robin Cheney of Alamogordo, Claudia Martin of Alamogordo, and Silvana; two granddaughters and other relatives in Germany; two brothers and their wives, John Timothy and Kaye Hunter and Floyd Lee and Cindy Hunter; and one sister and her husband, Joan and Louis Puccini Jr., all of Albuquerque; many cousins, especially his special caring cousin, Deborah Scott and her husband, David of Socorro; and lifelong friend, Charles Simko of Santa Fe; loving aunts and uncles, Cecila and Mattie Hunter, Floy and Hugh Cosby and John and Berta Schmidtke, all of Sun City West, AZ, Etta Estes, Jessie Rinks, Gladys Wood, Watson Rinks and Elmer T. and Edith Hunter, all of Albuquerque, Leota Wood of Clayton, NM and Goldie Wood of Huntsville, AR, Joe Loghry of Taylor, TX. A Memorial services conducted by Rev. Greg Smaga was held on Tuesday, August 24, 1999 at Bethel Baptist Church, Alamogordo. Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association or the Hospice Memorial Foundation.
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