DALE – Terry Lincoln Hunt, age 74, and resident of Dale, IL, passed away at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, IN, on February 24, 2024, at 6:00 a.m.

A visitation service will be held Monday, February 26, 2024, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Ten Mile Baptist Church with the funeral service to take place at noon Tuesday, February 27, 2024, at Ten Mile Baptist Church. The church doors will open at 11 a.m. prior to the service. Pastor Rodney Brock will officiate the service. Burial will be in the Digby Cemetery in Dale, IL.

Terry was born September 17, 1949, in Eldorado, IL (Saline County) to Adrian Lincoln Hunt and Juanita Jean (Smith) Hunt. He married Phyllis Womack on April 27, 1996. Terry was the owner/operator of Hunt’s Hardware in Dale, IL, for over 50 years. 

Survivors include his wife Phyllis Hunt of Dale; two daughters Whitney Hatfield and husband Brian of Chesterfield, MO, and Alicia-Hunt Ketterman and husband James of Eugene, MO; stepdaughter Rebecca Bridewell and husband Terry of Galatia, IL; stepson Vince Jones and wife Joni of McLeansboro, IL; two sisters Georgianna Sutton and husband Michael of Jonesboro, AR, and Dorris Housewright of O’Fallon, MO.

Seven grandchildren Joseph Levi Bridewell, Riley Kennon Jones, James Austin Bridewell, Noah Robert Hatfield, Delaney Elizabeth Jones, Sydney Margaret Hatfield and Emery Dawn Jones.

Preceding Terry in death were his parents and his brother Larry Hunt.

Memorials may be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and will be accepted at the church or at Harre Funeral Home in Memory of Terry.

The Harre Funeral Home in McLeansboro, IL, is in charge of  Terry’s arrangements.