Georgia Hunt of Burton, W.Va and her Family
In 1960, while her husband Warren was on duty as a naval chaplain in The Netherlands, Margaret borrowed Gustave's home movie camera and recorded what would be her last visit to her mother, Georgia Hunt of Burton, West Virginia. Margaret brought along her two boys Robert (yours truly) and baby Daniel. It was Autumn, and I can remember playing in the leaves with my cousins as depicted below. Georgia died in 1961 and is buried in the cemetary of Burton's New Harmony Baptist Church
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Georgia's daughter, Agnes Cline...
...holding Daniel Martens, with (left to right) Robert Martens, Rebecca
Cline, Joyce (unrelated, lived next door), Deborah Cline.
Georgia Hunt. The following dialogue was recalled by Margaret.
Margaret: "Say something, Mother..."
Georgia: "Well, here's a pine tree...."
Georgia: "Oh pshaw, I don't know what to say..."
This was only the second time she had ever been in anybody's home movie.
Rebecca, Joyce, Deborah, Robert
Otherwise known as Becky, Joyce, Debbie, Bobby.
Georgia's eldest child, Ruth
With her grandchildren, Sheila Hunt, Robert Martens, Doug Hunt
Kids will be kids.
Ruth's house in Burton, West Virginia, where Georgia lived out her final
years in peace after a hard life on the farm.
In this house, not long after Margaret's visit, she died in her sleep.
