Marie Hamby Bunton

Published 4:30 pm Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Marie Hamby Bunton, 86, of Elizabethton, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 10, 2017, at her residence.
A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late William and Minnie Franklin Hamby.
Marie was a graduate of Elizabethton High School and was a homemaker. She loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. Marie was a member of Grace Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, James Lionel Bunton, and four siblings.
Survivors include three children and their spouses, Linda Lou and Rob Thompson, Honea Path, S.C., Jimmy and Debbie Bunton and Lori and Vince Hawkins, all of Elizabethton; her grandchildren, James M. Clouse, April Fox, Cody Bunton, Brandi Davis, Tanner Marshall, Colby and Kasey Hawkins; her step-grandson, Forrest Thompson; her brother, Bob Hamby and wife Charlotte, Elizabethton; her sister, Maxine Howell, Bristol, Tenn.; several nieces and nephews; and her special caregiver, Eva Rector.
The graveside service for Marie Hamby Bunton will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, April 14, at Happy Valley Memorial Park with the Rev. Tim Tapp officiating. Interment will follow the service. Active pallbearers will be Cody Bunton, James Clouse, Colby Hawkins, Shannon Brickey, Jesse Ford and Forrest Thompson. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 207 N. Boone Street, #25, Johnson City, TN 37604. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 10:20 a.m. Friday to go to the cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at our website: www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Bunton family.