Mary Ann Hunter, age 71, of Statenville, Georgia passed away unexpectedly early Friday morning June 17, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, GA. Mary Ann was born in Jasper, FL. on March 22, 1940. She was a homemaker and member of Lake Park Church of God. Mary Ann will always be remembered as a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend to all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her mother, Jeanette Jestes, Leonard Fletcher and a sister, Gloria Fletcher.

Survivors include her husband of 56 years, J.W. Hunter; four daughters, Connie Shepard (Roger), O'Brien, FL., Diane Dempsey (Patrick), Pinetta, FL., Latrice Bennett (Carroll), Dasher, GA., and Elaine Vann (Bobby), Statenville, GA.; one son, Billy Hunter, Statenville, GA.; two brothers, Larry Fletcher (Terry), Jasper, FL. and Randy Fletcher, Lake City, FL.; two sisters, Janice Hester, Jasper, FL. and Brenda Fletcher, Lake City, FL.; 11 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, June 20 at Lake Park Church of God in Lake Park, GA. Interment will follow in Carter Cemetery in Echols Co.

The family will receive friends between the hours of 4:00-6:00 P.M. Sunday, June 19th at Harry T. Reid Funeral Home, Jasper, FL.