More detail on this person: Major Cecil Thomas Gunter, age 72, of Jonesboro, GA and Soso, MS,
passed away on August 27, 2016.
Major Gunter USA Retired from the US Army as a Master Army Aviator. He served two combat tours in
Vietnam as a gunship pilot.
He was preceded in death by his wife: Frances "Marilyn" Page Gunter and son: Cecil Thomas Gunter,
Jr.
He is survived by daughter: Cecily Marilyn Gunter of Mississippi; siblings: James "Jim" Gunter of
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Bob Gunter of Jacksonville, FL, Bill Gunter of Bastrop, TX, and Cecilia Gunter
Bassett of Moss Point, MS; 2 grandchildren: Marilyn "Page" Gunter and Weston Thomas Ware.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM Wednesday, August 31, 2016, in the Chapel of Ford Stewart
Funeral Home. Burial will take place at Union Line Methodist Church Cemetery in Soso, Mississippi at
2 PM CST on Thursday, September 1, 2016. The family will receive friends from 5 PM to 7 PM on
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association 2100 N. Hwy 360 Suite 907
Grand Prairie, TX 75050, 1-800-505-VHPA.
Publlished on Ford-Stewart Funeral Home website 8/20/2016.
Burial: Union Line Cemetery, Soso, Jones County, Mississippi, USA
Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Aug. 31, 2016
Burial information: Union Line Cemetery, Soso, MS
This information was last updated 09/14/2016
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