HUNT, SGT. TIMOTHY JOE "TIM" - age 31, of Maryville, formerly of Sweetwater, passed away Thursday, April 20, 2000 at UT Medical Center in Knoxville. Sergeant Hunt has been with the Alcoa City Police Department since 1994 and was formerly with the Sweetwater Police Department. Member of the Police Benevolent Association, also the Fraternal Order of Police. He was a distinguished graduate of the Knoxville Police Department Basic Motorcycle Course. Member of the Unitia Masonic Lodge #295, Friendsville. Graduate of Sweetwater High School having graduated in the top 10 of the class. He was preceded in death by grandfather, Kenneth Wilson, who was a former officer with the Sweetwater Police Department; paternal grandparents, Oscar and Mae Mason Hunt; aunt, Mary Poe. Survivors: wife of 8 years, Dixie Rogers Hunt; Maryville; parents, Virgil and Alice Hunt; brothers and sister-in-law, David and Donna Hunt, Michael Hunt; grandparents, Lucille and Tommy Bellamy; nieces, Jessica and Megan Hunt; aunts and uncles, Jim and Marie Hunt, Bill and Betty Hunt, Reuben and Joyce Hunt, Robert and Pat Hunt, Glenn and Aline Hunt Sledge and Enos Hunt, Jim and Brenda Wilson, all of Sweetwater; father and mother-in-law, Jerry and Barbara Rogers of Sweetwater; special cousins, Nick Wilson and Kendra Pope; numerous other cousins; a host of extended Police family members of the Alcoa and Sweetwater City Police Departments. Funeral service was in Kyker's Chapel with Chaplain John Sweet of Green Meadows Church of God, Alcoa, and Chaplain Danny Davis of Calvary Baptist Church of Alcoa officiating. Burial followed in Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park. Graveside honors were provided by members of the Knoxville Police and Alcoa City Police Departments. Memorials may be made to the Tim Hunt Memorial Fund, Shop With A Cop, sponsored by the FOP, c/o The Alcoa Police Department, 279 Joule St., Alcoa, TN 37701.
The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Saturday, April 22, 2000
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Last respects paid to Alcoa officer - Sgt. Hunt saluted for his service
The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Monday, April 24, 2000
Section A, page A1
Author: Jeannine F. Hunter, News-Sentinel staff writer
SWEETWATER -- People stood in silent respect Sunday afternoon on porches, beside parked cars and in front of Sweetwater offices and businesses and watched as a long police funeral motorcade wove through the city bringing Tim Hunt back home.
Some wore Easter suits and dresses; others in casual clothing. But all wore solemn expressions as they paid homage to a fallen friend, Alcoa Police Sgt. Timothy Joe "Tim" Hunt.
Hunt, 31, died Thursday from injuries received when his police motorcycle was involved in a traffic accident the day before in Alcoa.
Colleagues, family and friends paid their final respects in Hunt's hometown of Sweetwater.
Hunt had served on the Alcoa Police Department since 1994. From 1988 to 1994, he was with the Sweetwater Police Department. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police, the Police Benevolent Association, and was a distinguished graduate of the Knoxville Police Department Motorcycle Course.
As a cluster of Blount County Sheriff's Department cruisers drove by with blue lights flashing, 44-year-old Sweetwater resident Jo Wilson wiped tears from her face.
"He was a kind-hearted person who loved his community and served us well," Wilson said. "Even though he moved to Maryville to work for Alcoa Police, he still called Sweetwater home, and he came home often."
Wilson said her cousin, Michael Coppenger, an officer who also lives in Maryville, was inspired by Hunt. "He encouraged Michael and was one of the main reasons Michael and his wife moved from here to become an officer in Maryville," said Wilson, whose husband is a law enforcement officer.
Then softly she added Coppenger was particularly hurt by Hunt's accident because he was one of the first to respond to it.
Standing nearby, Tammy Webb, wife of Sweetwater detective Scott Webb, said her heart went out to Hunt's wife of eight years, Dixie Rogers Hunt.
Across the street, a lone gray-haired man in an Army T-shirt held a camouflage cap over his heart and nodded at passing vehicles.
The motorcade bore Hunt's body to the Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park for interment. A charter bus, several police cruisers, motorcyclists -- some in police uniforms, some in plain clothes -- and civilian cars were in the motorcade.
Onlookers said the officer came from a large, well-liked family. His grandfather, the late Kenneth Wilson, also served on the Sweetwater Police Department. Relatives operate Hunt's Appliance.
Tim Hunt was a member of Unitia Masonic Lodge No. 295 in Friendsville. He graduated No. 8 in his class from Sweetwater High School.
Earlier in the afternoon, services were held at Kyker Funeral Home, where police from throughout East Tennessee joined relatives, friends and colleagues who spoke about Hunt's impact in their lives.
They came to share their stories of a man who at times was humorous, other times humbled by private prayer sessions with police chaplains.
In the chapel, pictures showed different stages of Hunt's life: smiling in his police uniform; chubby-faced and strawberry-blond baby pictures; lean and athletic images of him as a football captain his senior year at SHS.
Clad in a Pittsburgh Steelers cap and a suit, Nick Wilson said his cousin, Sgt. Tim Hunt, always said God was a Steelers fan.
"You gave your passion to police work and you protected us," Nick Wilson said in a eulogy at the funeral home chapel. "You gave your all and loved every minute of it. Not only was this place a safer place, but because of him, it was a better place."
As a family representative, Wilson shared anecdotes and reflections about his cousin as he stood beside a yellow-and-blue floral wreath shaped like a policeman's badge. Wilson closed by saying he, like others in the chapel, had "Tim Hunt etched in his heart."
Hunt embodied and demonstrated moral, Christian ethics, said Alcoa Police Department chaplains Danny Davis and Joe Sweet. Davis is pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Alcoa, and Sweet is pastor of Green Meadows Church of God, also in Alcoa.
Both men thanked Hunt's relatives for rearing Hunt and sharing him with others. They also recognized police officers as being not only public servants but also ministers of God.
"Law enforcement is something special when you find someone good, someone like Sgt. Tim Hunt," Sweet said.
Mourners were encouraged to remember Hunt's smile, his faith and their memories with him. They also were encouraged to lean upon one another and upon God.
Quick-witted, strong, contemplative and proficient were words used to describe Hunt's personality and professional performance.
The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Saturday, April 22, 2000
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Last respects paid to Alcoa officer - Sgt. Hunt saluted for his service
The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Monday, April 24, 2000
Section A, page A1
Author: Jeannine F. Hunter, News-Sentinel staff writer
SWEETWATER -- People stood in silent respect Sunday afternoon on porches, beside parked cars and in front of Sweetwater offices and businesses and watched as a long police funeral motorcade wove through the city bringing Tim Hunt back home.
Some wore Easter suits and dresses; others in casual clothing. But all wore solemn expressions as they paid homage to a fallen friend, Alcoa Police Sgt. Timothy Joe "Tim" Hunt.
Hunt, 31, died Thursday from injuries received when his police motorcycle was involved in a traffic accident the day before in Alcoa.
Colleagues, family and friends paid their final respects in Hunt's hometown of Sweetwater.
Hunt had served on the Alcoa Police Department since 1994. From 1988 to 1994, he was with the Sweetwater Police Department. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police, the Police Benevolent Association, and was a distinguished graduate of the Knoxville Police Department Motorcycle Course.
As a cluster of Blount County Sheriff's Department cruisers drove by with blue lights flashing, 44-year-old Sweetwater resident Jo Wilson wiped tears from her face.
"He was a kind-hearted person who loved his community and served us well," Wilson said. "Even though he moved to Maryville to work for Alcoa Police, he still called Sweetwater home, and he came home often."
Wilson said her cousin, Michael Coppenger, an officer who also lives in Maryville, was inspired by Hunt. "He encouraged Michael and was one of the main reasons Michael and his wife moved from here to become an officer in Maryville," said Wilson, whose husband is a law enforcement officer.
Then softly she added Coppenger was particularly hurt by Hunt's accident because he was one of the first to respond to it.
Standing nearby, Tammy Webb, wife of Sweetwater detective Scott Webb, said her heart went out to Hunt's wife of eight years, Dixie Rogers Hunt.
Across the street, a lone gray-haired man in an Army T-shirt held a camouflage cap over his heart and nodded at passing vehicles.
The motorcade bore Hunt's body to the Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park for interment. A charter bus, several police cruisers, motorcyclists -- some in police uniforms, some in plain clothes -- and civilian cars were in the motorcade.
Onlookers said the officer came from a large, well-liked family. His grandfather, the late Kenneth Wilson, also served on the Sweetwater Police Department. Relatives operate Hunt's Appliance.
Tim Hunt was a member of Unitia Masonic Lodge No. 295 in Friendsville. He graduated No. 8 in his class from Sweetwater High School.
Earlier in the afternoon, services were held at Kyker Funeral Home, where police from throughout East Tennessee joined relatives, friends and colleagues who spoke about Hunt's impact in their lives.
They came to share their stories of a man who at times was humorous, other times humbled by private prayer sessions with police chaplains.
In the chapel, pictures showed different stages of Hunt's life: smiling in his police uniform; chubby-faced and strawberry-blond baby pictures; lean and athletic images of him as a football captain his senior year at SHS.
Clad in a Pittsburgh Steelers cap and a suit, Nick Wilson said his cousin, Sgt. Tim Hunt, always said God was a Steelers fan.
"You gave your passion to police work and you protected us," Nick Wilson said in a eulogy at the funeral home chapel. "You gave your all and loved every minute of it. Not only was this place a safer place, but because of him, it was a better place."
As a family representative, Wilson shared anecdotes and reflections about his cousin as he stood beside a yellow-and-blue floral wreath shaped like a policeman's badge. Wilson closed by saying he, like others in the chapel, had "Tim Hunt etched in his heart."
Hunt embodied and demonstrated moral, Christian ethics, said Alcoa Police Department chaplains Danny Davis and Joe Sweet. Davis is pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Alcoa, and Sweet is pastor of Green Meadows Church of God, also in Alcoa.
Both men thanked Hunt's relatives for rearing Hunt and sharing him with others. They also recognized police officers as being not only public servants but also ministers of God.
"Law enforcement is something special when you find someone good, someone like Sgt. Tim Hunt," Sweet said.
Mourners were encouraged to remember Hunt's smile, his faith and their memories with him. They also were encouraged to lean upon one another and upon God.
Quick-witted, strong, contemplative and proficient were words used to describe Hunt's personality and professional performance.
HUNT, SGT. TIMOTHY JOE "TIM" - age 31, of Maryville, formerly of Sweetwater, passed away Thursday, April 20, 2000 at UT Medical Center in Knoxville. Sergeant Hunt has been with the Alcoa City Police Department since 1994 and was formerly with the Sweetwater Police Department. Member of the Police Benevolent Association, also the Fraternal Order of Police. He was a distinguished graduate of the Knoxville Police Department Basic Motorcycle Course. Member of the Unitia Masonic Lodge #295, Friendsville. Graduate of Sweetwater High School having graduated in the top 10 of the class. He was preceded in death by grandfather, Kenneth Wilson, who was a former officer with the Sweetwater Police Department; paternal grandparents, Oscar and Mae Mason Hunt; aunt, Mary Poe. Survivors: wife of 8 years, Dixie Rogers Hunt; Maryville; parents, Virgil and Alice Hunt; brothers and sister-in-law, David and Donna Hunt, Michael Hunt; grandparents, Lucille and Tommy Bellamy; nieces, Jessica and Megan Hunt; aunts and uncles, Jim and Marie Hunt, Bill and Betty Hunt, Reuben and Joyce Hunt, Robert and Pat Hunt, Glenn and Aline Hunt Sledge and Enos Hunt, Jim and Brenda Wilson, all of Sweetwater; father and mother-in-law, Jerry and Barbara Rogers of Sweetwater; special cousins, Nick Wilson and Kendra Pope; numerous other cousins; a host of extended Police family members of the Alcoa and Sweetwater City Police Departments. Funeral service was in Kyker's Chapel with Chaplain John Sweet of Green Meadows Church of God, Alcoa, and Chaplain Danny Davis of Calvary Baptist Church of Alcoa officiating. Burial followed in Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park. Graveside honors were provided by members of the Knoxville Police and Alcoa City Police Departments. Memorials may be made to the Tim Hunt Memorial Fund, Shop With A Cop, sponsored by the FOP, c/o The Alcoa Police Department, 279 Joule St., Alcoa, TN 37701.
The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Saturday, April 22, 2000
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Last respects paid to Alcoa officer - Sgt. Hunt saluted for his service
The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Monday, April 24, 2000
Section A, page A1
Author: Jeannine F. Hunter, News-Sentinel staff writer
SWEETWATER -- People stood in silent respect Sunday afternoon on porches, beside parked cars and in front of Sweetwater offices and businesses and watched as a long police funeral motorcade wove through the city bringing Tim Hunt back home.
Some wore Easter suits and dresses; others in casual clothing. But all wore solemn expressions as they paid homage to a fallen friend, Alcoa Police Sgt. Timothy Joe "Tim" Hunt.
Hunt, 31, died Thursday from injuries received when his police motorcycle was involved in a traffic accident the day before in Alcoa.
Colleagues, family and friends paid their final respects in Hunt's hometown of Sweetwater.
Hunt had served on the Alcoa Police Department since 1994. From 1988 to 1994, he was with the Sweetwater Police Department. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police, the Police Benevolent Association, and was a distinguished graduate of the Knoxville Police Department Motorcycle Course.
As a cluster of Blount County Sheriff's Department cruisers drove by with blue lights flashing, 44-year-old Sweetwater resident Jo Wilson wiped tears from her face.
"He was a kind-hearted person who loved his community and served us well," Wilson said. "Even though he moved to Maryville to work for Alcoa Police, he still called Sweetwater home, and he came home often."
Wilson said her cousin, Michael Coppenger, an officer who also lives in Maryville, was inspired by Hunt. "He encouraged Michael and was one of the main reasons Michael and his wife moved from here to become an officer in Maryville," said Wilson, whose husband is a law enforcement officer.
Then softly she added Coppenger was particularly hurt by Hunt's accident because he was one of the first to respond to it.
Standing nearby, Tammy Webb, wife of Sweetwater detective Scott Webb, said her heart went out to Hunt's wife of eight years, Dixie Rogers Hunt.
Across the street, a lone gray-haired man in an Army T-shirt held a camouflage cap over his heart and nodded at passing vehicles.
The motorcade bore Hunt's body to the Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park for interment. A charter bus, several police cruisers, motorcyclists -- some in police uniforms, some in plain clothes -- and civilian cars were in the motorcade.
Onlookers said the officer came from a large, well-liked family. His grandfather, the late Kenneth Wilson, also served on the Sweetwater Police Department. Relatives operate Hunt's Appliance.
Tim Hunt was a member of Unitia Masonic Lodge No. 295 in Friendsville. He graduated No. 8 in his class from Sweetwater High School.
Earlier in the afternoon, services were held at Kyker Funeral Home, where police from throughout East Tennessee joined relatives, friends and colleagues who spoke about Hunt's impact in their lives.
They came to share their stories of a man who at times was humorous, other times humbled by private prayer sessions with police chaplains.
In the chapel, pictures showed different stages of Hunt's life: smiling in his police uniform; chubby-faced and strawberry-blond baby pictures; lean and athletic images of him as a football captain his senior year at SHS.
Clad in a Pittsburgh Steelers cap and a suit, Nick Wilson said his cousin, Sgt. Tim Hunt, always said God was a Steelers fan.
"You gave your passion to police work and you protected us," Nick Wilson said in a eulogy at the funeral home chapel. "You gave your all and loved every minute of it. Not only was this place a safer place, but because of him, it was a better place."
As a family representative, Wilson shared anecdotes and reflections about his cousin as he stood beside a yellow-and-blue floral wreath shaped like a policeman's badge. Wilson closed by saying he, like others in the chapel, had "Tim Hunt etched in his heart."
Hunt embodied and demonstrated moral, Christian ethics, said Alcoa Police Department chaplains Danny Davis and Joe Sweet. Davis is pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Alcoa, and Sweet is pastor of Green Meadows Church of God, also in Alcoa.
Both men thanked Hunt's relatives for rearing Hunt and sharing him with others. They also recognized police officers as being not only public servants but also ministers of God.
"Law enforcement is something special when you find someone good, someone like Sgt. Tim Hunt," Sweet said.
Mourners were encouraged to remember Hunt's smile, his faith and their memories with him. They also were encouraged to lean upon one another and upon God.
Quick-witted, strong, contemplative and proficient were words used to describe Hunt's personality and professional performance.
The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Saturday, April 22, 2000
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Last respects paid to Alcoa officer - Sgt. Hunt saluted for his service
The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Monday, April 24, 2000
Section A, page A1
Author: Jeannine F. Hunter, News-Sentinel staff writer
SWEETWATER -- People stood in silent respect Sunday afternoon on porches, beside parked cars and in front of Sweetwater offices and businesses and watched as a long police funeral motorcade wove through the city bringing Tim Hunt back home.
Some wore Easter suits and dresses; others in casual clothing. But all wore solemn expressions as they paid homage to a fallen friend, Alcoa Police Sgt. Timothy Joe "Tim" Hunt.
Hunt, 31, died Thursday from injuries received when his police motorcycle was involved in a traffic accident the day before in Alcoa.
Colleagues, family and friends paid their final respects in Hunt's hometown of Sweetwater.
Hunt had served on the Alcoa Police Department since 1994. From 1988 to 1994, he was with the Sweetwater Police Department. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police, the Police Benevolent Association, and was a distinguished graduate of the Knoxville Police Department Motorcycle Course.
As a cluster of Blount County Sheriff's Department cruisers drove by with blue lights flashing, 44-year-old Sweetwater resident Jo Wilson wiped tears from her face.
"He was a kind-hearted person who loved his community and served us well," Wilson said. "Even though he moved to Maryville to work for Alcoa Police, he still called Sweetwater home, and he came home often."
Wilson said her cousin, Michael Coppenger, an officer who also lives in Maryville, was inspired by Hunt. "He encouraged Michael and was one of the main reasons Michael and his wife moved from here to become an officer in Maryville," said Wilson, whose husband is a law enforcement officer.
Then softly she added Coppenger was particularly hurt by Hunt's accident because he was one of the first to respond to it.
Standing nearby, Tammy Webb, wife of Sweetwater detective Scott Webb, said her heart went out to Hunt's wife of eight years, Dixie Rogers Hunt.
Across the street, a lone gray-haired man in an Army T-shirt held a camouflage cap over his heart and nodded at passing vehicles.
The motorcade bore Hunt's body to the Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park for interment. A charter bus, several police cruisers, motorcyclists -- some in police uniforms, some in plain clothes -- and civilian cars were in the motorcade.
Onlookers said the officer came from a large, well-liked family. His grandfather, the late Kenneth Wilson, also served on the Sweetwater Police Department. Relatives operate Hunt's Appliance.
Tim Hunt was a member of Unitia Masonic Lodge No. 295 in Friendsville. He graduated No. 8 in his class from Sweetwater High School.
Earlier in the afternoon, services were held at Kyker Funeral Home, where police from throughout East Tennessee joined relatives, friends and colleagues who spoke about Hunt's impact in their lives.
They came to share their stories of a man who at times was humorous, other times humbled by private prayer sessions with police chaplains.
In the chapel, pictures showed different stages of Hunt's life: smiling in his police uniform; chubby-faced and strawberry-blond baby pictures; lean and athletic images of him as a football captain his senior year at SHS.
Clad in a Pittsburgh Steelers cap and a suit, Nick Wilson said his cousin, Sgt. Tim Hunt, always said God was a Steelers fan.
"You gave your passion to police work and you protected us," Nick Wilson said in a eulogy at the funeral home chapel. "You gave your all and loved every minute of it. Not only was this place a safer place, but because of him, it was a better place."
As a family representative, Wilson shared anecdotes and reflections about his cousin as he stood beside a yellow-and-blue floral wreath shaped like a policeman's badge. Wilson closed by saying he, like others in the chapel, had "Tim Hunt etched in his heart."
Hunt embodied and demonstrated moral, Christian ethics, said Alcoa Police Department chaplains Danny Davis and Joe Sweet. Davis is pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Alcoa, and Sweet is pastor of Green Meadows Church of God, also in Alcoa.
Both men thanked Hunt's relatives for rearing Hunt and sharing him with others. They also recognized police officers as being not only public servants but also ministers of God.
"Law enforcement is something special when you find someone good, someone like Sgt. Tim Hunt," Sweet said.
Mourners were encouraged to remember Hunt's smile, his faith and their memories with him. They also were encouraged to lean upon one another and upon God.
Quick-witted, strong, contemplative and proficient were words used to describe Hunt's personality and professional performance.
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