Gladys Pearl Burton

Gladys married Frank Conrad Bunton on 29 Oct 1925 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Frank (son of Ulysses Grant (Doll) Bunton and Martha Caroline (Mattie) Hatley) was born on 14 Jul 1905 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 9 Apr 1936 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Sugar Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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UNICOI - Martha Bunton Query, 88, of Unicoi, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, October 9, 2015 at the Unicoi County Hospital following a brief illness. She was born in Buntontown in 1927 to Frank and Pearl Burton Bunton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Query of Maroa, IL and by her siblings, Scott Bunton, Asa Bunton, Lois Phyllis Bunton and Dwight Bunton. Mrs. Query taught school beginning in Puerto Rico in 1949 and continued to teach until 2007, substituting after retiring as a full-time teacher in 1984. She was active in church work, Daughters of the American Revolution and the National League of American Penwomen, as long as she was able. She a world traveler who enjoyed square dancing at the Johnson County Square Dancer's. She was of the Baptist Faith. She is survived by her sister, Elma Ruth Stanton, Butler; a brother, Raymond Bunton, Tallahassee, FL; two step-sons; several step-grandchildren; three nieces, Lois B. Shults-Davis, Unicoi; Cathy Alesa Bunton, Elizabethton; Debbie Bunton Mims, Woodbine, GA; three nephews, Scotty Jack Bunton, Elizabethton; Dean Bunton, Greg Bunton, as well as several cousins, great-nieces and great-nephews. A service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Query will be conducted on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 7:00 PM in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral and Cremation Services with her family officiating. The family will receive friends in the funeral home chapel from 5:30 - 7:00 PM on Tuesday prior to the service. A graveside service and interment service will be conducted on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 3:30 PM in Sugar Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Johnson County. Active pallbearers will be Kenneth Grant Shults, Joe Shults, Scott Shults, Mike Davis, Larry Nave and Scott Bunton. Honorary pallbearers will be her students and classmates. Those wishing to attend are asked to meet the family at the funeral home at 2:30 PM on Wednesday to go in procession to the cemetery.

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Mr. Asa Grant Bunton, 75, Cowan Town Road, Butler, TN died Wednesday, December 15, 2004 in the V.A. Medical Center, Salisbury, NC following a lengthy illness. A native of Johnson County, TN he was the son of the late Frank Conard and Pearl Burton Bunton.

He was a graduate of Elizabethton High School and Milligan College and received his Master's Degree from East Tennessee State University. He was a Chemistry and Physics Teacher and also worked in contracting and electrical construction. He was a member of Doe River Baptist Church and attended Valley Forge Freewill Baptist Church where he had served as Sunday School Superintendent and also taught the Men's Bible Class. He was a member of the American Chemical Society, the Sullivan County Republican Party and was a U.S. Army Veteran where he served in the Quarter Master Corp during the Korean Conflict.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Lois Phyllis Bunton and two brothers, Dwight Bunton and Scott Bunton. Survivors include two daughters, two sisters, a brother, three grandsons, a niece.

Funeral service for Mr. Asa Grant Bunton will be conducted at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, December 19, 2004 in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home with Rev. Randy Johnson officiating. Music will be provided by Mr. Jerry Barnett and Mr. K. G. Shults. Interment will follow the funeral service in the Sugar Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be grandsons, nephews, sons-in-law and a cousin. Honorary pallbearers will be the men of Valley Forge Freewill Baptist Church and of Doe River Baptist Church.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2:00-3:00 P.M. on Sunday or at the residence of a daughter, Lois B. Shults-Davis, 314 Greenbriar Drive, Unicoi, TN at any time.