Longtime Wagoner resident Mary D. Hunter died at her home early Saturday, December 5, 2009, after a brief illness. She was 81 years old and much loved by her friends and family. Born in Sun City, Kansas on April 16, 1928, she was raised in Missouri and Oklahoma and attended high school in Boynton, Oklahoma where she met T.H. (Red) Hunter whom she married in 1945. She and T.H. moved to Wagoner 60 years ago and raised their three children: Harvey, Judy and Janette. T.H. was a long time employee of Oklahoma Natural Gas while Mary worked for Pat Johnston Agency for 28 years before purchasing the business and running it as Hunter Income Tax and Accounting for another 12 years. Mary was an active member and supporter of the First Baptist Church in Wagoner where she participated in the Seratt Charboneau Sunday School Class. She loved to read everything from the Bible to the Readers Digest. She enjoyed needlework and her Christmas stockings are proudly displayed by the extended family as gifts of love as well as works of art. A dignified lady, Mary was loving and generous throughout her life and in her death. She had a true best friend for more than 60 years in Charlene Dorr, also of Wagoner. Mary is survived by her daughter Janette Hunter of the home; grandchildren and spouses Elizabeth and Basil Savage, Jr. of Madill, OK; Heather and Daniel England of Catoosa, OK; Candice and Mackey Wright of Coalgate, OK; Kristin and Darrek Voyles of Wagoner, OK; Lyndsey and Paul Stuart II of Tulsa, OK; and Jacqueline and Daniel Lee of Muskogee, OK. Great-grandchildren include: B.W. Savage, Hunter Savage, Easton Voyles, Cameron Voyles, Hayden Voyles, Madelyne Stuart, Maxwell Stuart, Hannah England and Hayley England; daughter-in-law Arlene Hunter of Wagoner, OK and son-in-law Henry Woods of Madill, OK. Surviving siblings include her sister Edna and husband Ralph McIntosh of Tulsa; a brother Jim Tindall and wife Mariann of Kingman, AZ; and her sister Carol and husband Terry Pollard of Wagoner. She was preceded in death by her parents Edward James and Nata Pearl (Bumgardner) Tindall, husband T. H. "Red" Hunter, daughter Judy Woods, son Harvey Hunter and sister Dorothy Ann Mason. Pallbearers for the service to be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the First Baptist Church of Wagoner are David Redfern, Frank Cooper, Bob Vanbrunt, Johnny Wells, Ray Don Gaylor and Larry Ketcher. Interment will be at the Pioneer Cemetery in Wagoner. Donations in Mary's honor may be made to the Baptist Children's Home.