Evelyn June (Stephens) Hunt, 70, of Stanley passed away peacefully on Tuesday March 26, 2022 at Stanley Total Living with her family at her side. Evelyn was a devoted Christian and she was an active member in all the churches she attended. She loved to sing in the choir. She was instrumental in producing Christmas and Easter plays at church. Evelyn was mostly a homemaker and a history buff. She studied education, history and drama in college. She enjoyed quilting and she was known for making prayer quilts. Family was important to her and she will be dearly missed by all that knew and loved her.
Evelyn is the daughter of the late June (Cornilissen) Stephens and Thomas Dodson Stephens. Her husband Gary Hunt preceded her in death in 2010.
Survivors include her children, Heather Kennedy and her husband Tim and Matthew Hunt and his wife Jennifer. Missing their grandmother are granddaughters Kathleen and Isabelle. Evelyn was the eldest of eight siblings and she leaves behind sisters, Teresa Moose, Susan Clements and Mary Gordon and brothers, Keith Stephens, Bill Stephens, Mike Stephens and Chuck Stephens.
A service in remembrance of Evelyn and celebrating her life will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday April 30, 2022 at Boger City United Methodist Church, 2320 East Main Street, Boger City, NC. Pastor George Ragsdale will officiate and offer words of encouragement and hope to all that gather to remember Evelyn.
Fond memories of Evelyn and condolences for the family may be left at www.carothersfuneralhomegastonia.com.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations are made in Evelyn’s name to the Alzheimer’s Association – www.alz.org or The National Brain Tumor Society, www.braintumor.org.
The Staff of Carothers Funeral Home at Gaston Memorial Park and Stanley are honored to serve the Hunt Family.
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