James Wright Hunley was born in a small comunity of Campbell County Tennessee called Duff to James Evert Hunley and Maggie Lou Ford Hunley on May 13, 1927 He had one step brother named Fowler Walden. Due to the early death of his mother, and the lack of paternal concern of his father his family history is in question.
However after living with different families and dealing with the hardships of being the extra child to care for, He found himself to be a strong and loving man, who would become the father that he wanted and give his child and grandchildren the family that he deserved.
At the age of 18 he married Rachel Loueller Bryant of Campbell County Tennesse. in a small court house in the neighboring state of Kentucky on Sept 6, 1945. The following day he proudly left for the Army, as he had been drafted into WW2, where he served both in the states and abroad.
After returning from his military duities, He made his home mostly in Campbell County, Tennessee. He spent a short stay in Ohio working, but returned to Campbell County, in the 1950s never to move away again.
He worked for years on the farm and in the textile factory supporting his family and making a home for them. His only dreams was to provide for his family's future. He was a man of strong faith and morals, who didn't care to fight for what he believed in. He served as a Decon to his church for several years and was a member of the Disabiled American Verterans and the Tennessee Defence Force for several years as well.
He found his way to Heaven on Dec. 17,2003 leaving behind his wife Rachel, his daughter Patricia and his grandchildren Lonnie Dewayne Branam and Jamie Denice Branam
They say memories are golden
well maybe that is true.
I never wanted memories,
I only wanted you.
A million times I needed you,
a million times I cried.
If love alone could have saved you
you never would have died.
In life I loved you dearly,
in death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place
no one could ever fill.
If tears could build a stairway
and heartache make a lane,
I'd walk the path to heaven
and bring you back again.
Our family chain is broken,
and nothing seems the same.
But as God calls us one by one,
the chain will link again.
However after living with different families and dealing with the hardships of being the extra child to care for, He found himself to be a strong and loving man, who would become the father that he wanted and give his child and grandchildren the family that he deserved.
At the age of 18 he married Rachel Loueller Bryant of Campbell County Tennesse. in a small court house in the neighboring state of Kentucky on Sept 6, 1945. The following day he proudly left for the Army, as he had been drafted into WW2, where he served both in the states and abroad.
After returning from his military duities, He made his home mostly in Campbell County, Tennessee. He spent a short stay in Ohio working, but returned to Campbell County, in the 1950s never to move away again.
He worked for years on the farm and in the textile factory supporting his family and making a home for them. His only dreams was to provide for his family's future. He was a man of strong faith and morals, who didn't care to fight for what he believed in. He served as a Decon to his church for several years and was a member of the Disabiled American Verterans and the Tennessee Defence Force for several years as well.
He found his way to Heaven on Dec. 17,2003 leaving behind his wife Rachel, his daughter Patricia and his grandchildren Lonnie Dewayne Branam and Jamie Denice Branam
They say memories are golden
well maybe that is true.
I never wanted memories,
I only wanted you.
A million times I needed you,
a million times I cried.
If love alone could have saved you
you never would have died.
In life I loved you dearly,
in death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place
no one could ever fill.
If tears could build a stairway
and heartache make a lane,
I'd walk the path to heaven
and bring you back again.
Our family chain is broken,
and nothing seems the same.
But as God calls us one by one,
the chain will link again.
James Wright Hunley was born in a small comunity of Campbell County Tennessee called Duff to James Evert Hunley and Maggie Lou Ford Hunley on May 13, 1927 He had one step brother named Fowler Walden. Due to the early death of his mother, and the lack of paternal concern of his father his family history is in question.
However after living with different families and dealing with the hardships of being the extra child to care for, He found himself to be a strong and loving man, who would become the father that he wanted and give his child and grandchildren the family that he deserved.
At the age of 18 he married Rachel Loueller Bryant of Campbell County Tennesse. in a small court house in the neighboring state of Kentucky on Sept 6, 1945. The following day he proudly left for the Army, as he had been drafted into WW2, where he served both in the states and abroad.
After returning from his military duities, He made his home mostly in Campbell County, Tennessee. He spent a short stay in Ohio working, but returned to Campbell County, in the 1950s never to move away again.
He worked for years on the farm and in the textile factory supporting his family and making a home for them. His only dreams was to provide for his family's future. He was a man of strong faith and morals, who didn't care to fight for what he believed in. He served as a Decon to his church for several years and was a member of the Disabiled American Verterans and the Tennessee Defence Force for several years as well.
He found his way to Heaven on Dec. 17,2003 leaving behind his wife Rachel, his daughter Patricia and his grandchildren Lonnie Dewayne Branam and Jamie Denice Branam
They say memories are golden
well maybe that is true.
I never wanted memories,
I only wanted you.
A million times I needed you,
a million times I cried.
If love alone could have saved you
you never would have died.
In life I loved you dearly,
in death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place
no one could ever fill.
If tears could build a stairway
and heartache make a lane,
I'd walk the path to heaven
and bring you back again.
Our family chain is broken,
and nothing seems the same.
But as God calls us one by one,
the chain will link again.
However after living with different families and dealing with the hardships of being the extra child to care for, He found himself to be a strong and loving man, who would become the father that he wanted and give his child and grandchildren the family that he deserved.
At the age of 18 he married Rachel Loueller Bryant of Campbell County Tennesse. in a small court house in the neighboring state of Kentucky on Sept 6, 1945. The following day he proudly left for the Army, as he had been drafted into WW2, where he served both in the states and abroad.
After returning from his military duities, He made his home mostly in Campbell County, Tennessee. He spent a short stay in Ohio working, but returned to Campbell County, in the 1950s never to move away again.
He worked for years on the farm and in the textile factory supporting his family and making a home for them. His only dreams was to provide for his family's future. He was a man of strong faith and morals, who didn't care to fight for what he believed in. He served as a Decon to his church for several years and was a member of the Disabiled American Verterans and the Tennessee Defence Force for several years as well.
He found his way to Heaven on Dec. 17,2003 leaving behind his wife Rachel, his daughter Patricia and his grandchildren Lonnie Dewayne Branam and Jamie Denice Branam
They say memories are golden
well maybe that is true.
I never wanted memories,
I only wanted you.
A million times I needed you,
a million times I cried.
If love alone could have saved you
you never would have died.
In life I loved you dearly,
in death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place
no one could ever fill.
If tears could build a stairway
and heartache make a lane,
I'd walk the path to heaven
and bring you back again.
Our family chain is broken,
and nothing seems the same.
But as God calls us one by one,
the chain will link again.
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Married (Rachel) Sept. 6, 1945 / PFC, US Army, World War II
