James Arthur Hunt

James Arthur Hunt, 86, a native of Latimer County, Okla., and resident of Houma, died at 8:15 a.m. Saturday, May 24, 2008. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. to funeral time Tuesday at Chauvin Funeral Home Chapel. Religious service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the chapel, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Osa Lula Bennett Hunt of Houma; two sons, James Ronald Hunt and wife, Brenda, and Bruce Loren Hunt and wife, Tammy, of Houma; two brothers, Warren Arthur Hunt and wife, Sadie, of Houston and Paul Hunt of Oklahoma; four grandchildren, Krista Savoie, Sean Chauvin, Meghan Whitten and Jaimee Bonvillain; and seven grandchildren, Kameron Savoie, Cort Chauvin, Ava Chauvin, Alexis Whitten, Taylor Bonvillain, Christopher Bonvillain Jr. and James Bonvillain. He is preceded in death by his parents, James Arthur Hunt Sr. and Elizabeth Gallagher Hunt; and one sister, Bernise H. Cummings. He was a retired pumper and core analysis lab for Texaco. He was a parishioner and deacon at Mulberry Baptist Church, a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, a past member and president of the Parent Teachers Association at Oaklawn, and advancement committee chairman of the Boy Scouts (Oil District). He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran.