Palestine High School Alumni Association

08 / 19 / 1939  –  12 / 17 / 1997

Services for James David Hunter, 58, of Laguna Hills, California, and formerly of Palestine, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Phillips Episcopal Church in Palestine. Burial will follow at Larissa Cemetery.

Dr. Hunter died December 17 in Laguna Hills. He was born on August 19, 1939, in Palestine, to Dr. and Mrs. R.H. Hunter.

Dr. Hunter attended the Citadel and the University of Texas at Austin and received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, in 1965. He moved to Southern California in 1973 and established his practice in the Saddleback Valley area of Orange County. He was a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Alpha Omega Alpha honorary scholastic fraternity and Phi Chi medical fraternity.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Thomas W. Hunter.

He is survived by brothers, Dr. Ripley Hunter of Corte Madera, Calif., and Richard Hunter of Houston; partner, Gary Krino of South Laguna; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 12-20-1997