Rev. Eva J. Hunt was the founding Pastor of the Full Gospel Church now the First United Pentecostal Church of Pana, Illinois. The church was started in June 1941 and she was pastor until August of 1967.
PANA — The founder and first pastor of First United Pentecostal Church in Pana. the Rev. Eva Juanita Hunt. 92, of Pana, died at 7:10 p.m. Wednesday (April 19, 1995).
Services will be 2 p.m. Monday in Christ Tabernacle Church, Herrick. Co-officiating will be the Rev. Thomas Suey of Herrick and the Rev. Nathaniel Urshan of St. Louis, Mo. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m Sunday in McCracken Funeral Home, Pana. Burial will be in Mound Cemetery, rural Pana.
An ordained minister of First United Pentecostal Church headquartered in Hazelwood, Mo., the Rev. Mrs. Hunt came to Pana in 1941. She established the Full Gospel Church at Franklin and Orange streets, which later was renamed First United Pentecostal Church. She served as its pastor from 1941 until 1967. She is former pastor of Christ Tabernacle Church (originally named First Apostolic Church) in Herrick, from 1972-77
Eva was born July 27, 1902, a twin daughter of Charles and Martha Ginger Fair. She and Ray Hunt were married on Sept. 22, 1918, in St. Louis, Mo. He preceded her in death on April 23, 1971.
Their only son, Everett "Mike" Hunt, died in 1970. The Rev. Eva Valieta Fair, her twin sister, who was a minister of the Church of God, Anderson, Ind., with whom she shared the same first name, died in 1926; two brothers, James M. Fair and Hugh E. Fair, and a granddaughter, Sue Hunt, also are deceased. Surviving are a grandson, Raymond E. "Tony" Hunt of Grand Forks, N.D., and five great-grandchildren.
The Rev. Mrs Hunt was 1977 grand marshal of the Pana Labor Day Parade, the first woman so honored with the designation. She was a member of the auxiliaries of the American Legion and Pana Community Hospital. She organized the chaplain service of Pana Community Hospital. Eva was past president and past secretary of Pana Ministerial Association, and served as secretary for 19 years of Section 5 of the United Pentecostal Church. In 1963, she was named one of the three Outstanding Women of the Year by the Illinois State Register newspaper of Springfield, for her standard in the word of God and faithful service to the work of God.
For six years, she served as minister every Sunday at the former DePaepe Nursing Home in Pana. She held worship services at jails in Taylorville and Shelbyville, and placed Harvest Time Records in the correctional center in Vandalia The Rev. Mrs. Hunt worked with Illinois State Hospital in Jacksonville, served as chairman of Kehias Park in Pana and was a member of the Historical Center of United Pentecostal Church International in Hazelwood, Mo.
Eleven ministers had gone out in the harvest field under her ministry. Seven churches were established, then built through her ministry, at Shelbyville, Witt, Nokomis, Oak Valley in rural Ramsey, and Greenleaf in rural Lakewood, as well as those at Pana and Herrick.
PANA — The founder and first pastor of First United Pentecostal Church in Pana. the Rev. Eva Juanita Hunt. 92, of Pana, died at 7:10 p.m. Wednesday (April 19, 1995).
Services will be 2 p.m. Monday in Christ Tabernacle Church, Herrick. Co-officiating will be the Rev. Thomas Suey of Herrick and the Rev. Nathaniel Urshan of St. Louis, Mo. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m Sunday in McCracken Funeral Home, Pana. Burial will be in Mound Cemetery, rural Pana.
An ordained minister of First United Pentecostal Church headquartered in Hazelwood, Mo., the Rev. Mrs. Hunt came to Pana in 1941. She established the Full Gospel Church at Franklin and Orange streets, which later was renamed First United Pentecostal Church. She served as its pastor from 1941 until 1967. She is former pastor of Christ Tabernacle Church (originally named First Apostolic Church) in Herrick, from 1972-77
Eva was born July 27, 1902, a twin daughter of Charles and Martha Ginger Fair. She and Ray Hunt were married on Sept. 22, 1918, in St. Louis, Mo. He preceded her in death on April 23, 1971.
Their only son, Everett "Mike" Hunt, died in 1970. The Rev. Eva Valieta Fair, her twin sister, who was a minister of the Church of God, Anderson, Ind., with whom she shared the same first name, died in 1926; two brothers, James M. Fair and Hugh E. Fair, and a granddaughter, Sue Hunt, also are deceased. Surviving are a grandson, Raymond E. "Tony" Hunt of Grand Forks, N.D., and five great-grandchildren.
The Rev. Mrs Hunt was 1977 grand marshal of the Pana Labor Day Parade, the first woman so honored with the designation. She was a member of the auxiliaries of the American Legion and Pana Community Hospital. She organized the chaplain service of Pana Community Hospital. Eva was past president and past secretary of Pana Ministerial Association, and served as secretary for 19 years of Section 5 of the United Pentecostal Church. In 1963, she was named one of the three Outstanding Women of the Year by the Illinois State Register newspaper of Springfield, for her standard in the word of God and faithful service to the work of God.
For six years, she served as minister every Sunday at the former DePaepe Nursing Home in Pana. She held worship services at jails in Taylorville and Shelbyville, and placed Harvest Time Records in the correctional center in Vandalia The Rev. Mrs. Hunt worked with Illinois State Hospital in Jacksonville, served as chairman of Kehias Park in Pana and was a member of the Historical Center of United Pentecostal Church International in Hazelwood, Mo.
Eleven ministers had gone out in the harvest field under her ministry. Seven churches were established, then built through her ministry, at Shelbyville, Witt, Nokomis, Oak Valley in rural Ramsey, and Greenleaf in rural Lakewood, as well as those at Pana and Herrick.
Rev. Eva J. Hunt was the founding Pastor of the Full Gospel Church now the First United Pentecostal Church of Pana, Illinois. The church was started in June 1941 and she was pastor until August of 1967.
PANA — The founder and first pastor of First United Pentecostal Church in Pana. the Rev. Eva Juanita Hunt. 92, of Pana, died at 7:10 p.m. Wednesday (April 19, 1995).
Services will be 2 p.m. Monday in Christ Tabernacle Church, Herrick. Co-officiating will be the Rev. Thomas Suey of Herrick and the Rev. Nathaniel Urshan of St. Louis, Mo. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m Sunday in McCracken Funeral Home, Pana. Burial will be in Mound Cemetery, rural Pana.
An ordained minister of First United Pentecostal Church headquartered in Hazelwood, Mo., the Rev. Mrs. Hunt came to Pana in 1941. She established the Full Gospel Church at Franklin and Orange streets, which later was renamed First United Pentecostal Church. She served as its pastor from 1941 until 1967. She is former pastor of Christ Tabernacle Church (originally named First Apostolic Church) in Herrick, from 1972-77
Eva was born July 27, 1902, a twin daughter of Charles and Martha Ginger Fair. She and Ray Hunt were married on Sept. 22, 1918, in St. Louis, Mo. He preceded her in death on April 23, 1971.
Their only son, Everett "Mike" Hunt, died in 1970. The Rev. Eva Valieta Fair, her twin sister, who was a minister of the Church of God, Anderson, Ind., with whom she shared the same first name, died in 1926; two brothers, James M. Fair and Hugh E. Fair, and a granddaughter, Sue Hunt, also are deceased. Surviving are a grandson, Raymond E. "Tony" Hunt of Grand Forks, N.D., and five great-grandchildren.
The Rev. Mrs Hunt was 1977 grand marshal of the Pana Labor Day Parade, the first woman so honored with the designation. She was a member of the auxiliaries of the American Legion and Pana Community Hospital. She organized the chaplain service of Pana Community Hospital. Eva was past president and past secretary of Pana Ministerial Association, and served as secretary for 19 years of Section 5 of the United Pentecostal Church. In 1963, she was named one of the three Outstanding Women of the Year by the Illinois State Register newspaper of Springfield, for her standard in the word of God and faithful service to the work of God.
For six years, she served as minister every Sunday at the former DePaepe Nursing Home in Pana. She held worship services at jails in Taylorville and Shelbyville, and placed Harvest Time Records in the correctional center in Vandalia The Rev. Mrs. Hunt worked with Illinois State Hospital in Jacksonville, served as chairman of Kehias Park in Pana and was a member of the Historical Center of United Pentecostal Church International in Hazelwood, Mo.
Eleven ministers had gone out in the harvest field under her ministry. Seven churches were established, then built through her ministry, at Shelbyville, Witt, Nokomis, Oak Valley in rural Ramsey, and Greenleaf in rural Lakewood, as well as those at Pana and Herrick.
PANA — The founder and first pastor of First United Pentecostal Church in Pana. the Rev. Eva Juanita Hunt. 92, of Pana, died at 7:10 p.m. Wednesday (April 19, 1995).
Services will be 2 p.m. Monday in Christ Tabernacle Church, Herrick. Co-officiating will be the Rev. Thomas Suey of Herrick and the Rev. Nathaniel Urshan of St. Louis, Mo. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m Sunday in McCracken Funeral Home, Pana. Burial will be in Mound Cemetery, rural Pana.
An ordained minister of First United Pentecostal Church headquartered in Hazelwood, Mo., the Rev. Mrs. Hunt came to Pana in 1941. She established the Full Gospel Church at Franklin and Orange streets, which later was renamed First United Pentecostal Church. She served as its pastor from 1941 until 1967. She is former pastor of Christ Tabernacle Church (originally named First Apostolic Church) in Herrick, from 1972-77
Eva was born July 27, 1902, a twin daughter of Charles and Martha Ginger Fair. She and Ray Hunt were married on Sept. 22, 1918, in St. Louis, Mo. He preceded her in death on April 23, 1971.
Their only son, Everett "Mike" Hunt, died in 1970. The Rev. Eva Valieta Fair, her twin sister, who was a minister of the Church of God, Anderson, Ind., with whom she shared the same first name, died in 1926; two brothers, James M. Fair and Hugh E. Fair, and a granddaughter, Sue Hunt, also are deceased. Surviving are a grandson, Raymond E. "Tony" Hunt of Grand Forks, N.D., and five great-grandchildren.
The Rev. Mrs Hunt was 1977 grand marshal of the Pana Labor Day Parade, the first woman so honored with the designation. She was a member of the auxiliaries of the American Legion and Pana Community Hospital. She organized the chaplain service of Pana Community Hospital. Eva was past president and past secretary of Pana Ministerial Association, and served as secretary for 19 years of Section 5 of the United Pentecostal Church. In 1963, she was named one of the three Outstanding Women of the Year by the Illinois State Register newspaper of Springfield, for her standard in the word of God and faithful service to the work of God.
For six years, she served as minister every Sunday at the former DePaepe Nursing Home in Pana. She held worship services at jails in Taylorville and Shelbyville, and placed Harvest Time Records in the correctional center in Vandalia The Rev. Mrs. Hunt worked with Illinois State Hospital in Jacksonville, served as chairman of Kehias Park in Pana and was a member of the Historical Center of United Pentecostal Church International in Hazelwood, Mo.
Eleven ministers had gone out in the harvest field under her ministry. Seven churches were established, then built through her ministry, at Shelbyville, Witt, Nokomis, Oak Valley in rural Ramsey, and Greenleaf in rural Lakewood, as well as those at Pana and Herrick.
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