Mike Gunter

Mike Gunter, 65, of Leesville, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 P.M. Friday April 8, at Steadman Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery with Rev. Ray Truett officiating. Active pallbearers will be Rocky Gunter, Tracy Gunter III, Alphonso Quattlebaum, Lewis Broome, Cody Gunter, Brandon Umbarger, Jonathan Gunter and Eddie Boland. Honorary pallbearers will be Wills Swygert, Patrick Swygert, Hudson Riordan and Jude Riordan.

Mr. Gunter was born in Columbia, SC, son of the late Robert and Agnes Gunter. He was the owner of Gunter Timber Company for 40 years. He was a member of Steadman Baptist Church. Mike enjoyed cooking, fishing and loved his family.

Surviving are his wife, Iris Goss Gunter; sons and daughter-in-law, Christopher Michael (Jessica) Gunter; James Ira Gunter; brothers and sisters-in-law, Kim (Vickie) Gunter; Jody (Marcia) Gunter; grandchildren, Ivy and Huntley Gunter; mother-in-law, Myrtle Goss; and a number of nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. Thursday, April 7, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home, other times at his home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Steadman Baptist Church Building Fund, 1011 North Edisto Road, Leesville, SC 29070.