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- Harold Hunt was a Baptist minister in Missouri. He served at Bethel Baptist Church, near Palmyra, and may also have been associated with La Grange College. He married Kathryn Taylor and Othel Mitchell without the knowledge of her parents, which seems a bit strange as they were staunch Bethel parishioners and, presumably family friends.
For many years he was the pastor of the [First?] Baptist Church in Independence, Missouri where President Harry Truman and his wife, Bess, worshiped. He became a pastor in a senior citizen's complex and died from Parkinson's disease. -- LKL
"Pastor Emeritus of First Baptist Dies -- Reverend Harold M. Hunt
"Reverend Harold M. Hunt, 82, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Independence from 1940 to 1963 and Pastor Emeritus of the church died Sunday, June 2, 1985, after an extended illness.
"Reverend Hunt was born in Mountain View Mo., and was an outstanding church and community leader in this city serving as President of the Ministerial Alliance and the Kiwanis Club, and as an adviser and confidant of numerous community and political leaders. Reverend Hunt was a good friend of former President Harry S. Truman and was the Baptist minister invited by the Truman family to pray at the funeral services for the former president. President Truman had on many occasions invited Reverend Hunt to participate as the minister in many political and community events.
"As a church leader, Reverend Hunt provided effective leadership for the First Baptist Church, leading it to grow from a congregation of 500 in 1940 to 1200 in 1963. As pastor, he led the church to establish a mission which became the Susquehanna Baptist Church and as Pastor Emeritus gave his enthusiastic support to the present building program and growth of the church.
" In Baptist life, he held numerous positions in the Blue River Baptist Association including moderator. He was on the Executive Board of the Missouri Baptist Convention and was a member of the Board of Managers of the Missouri Baptist Children's Home.
"He was a graduate of LaGrange College and Culver Stockton College. Before coming to Independence, Reverend Hunt held pastorates in northeast Missouri at Bethany and Bethel Baptist churches near Palmyra, at Ten-Mile Baptist Church near La Grange, and at the First Baptist Church of Paris Mo. He taught music and English and was principal of the high schools in several of the cities where he held pastorates.
"He was a Mason and a 32 degree York Rite Shriner. Reverend Hunt was married to the former Elizabeth McLeod, who survives the home.
"His survivors also include three daughters, Kathryn Sims, Overland Park, Kan., Mary Lee Grose, Leawood, Kan, and Jane Howard of Independence; a sister Darlene Burgess, Minnesota; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
"Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church of Independence. Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 tonight at Ott & Mitchell Funeral Home. The family suggests contributions to the church's building program or to the pew fund for the new sanctuary." -- Source not given, but assumed to be the Independence Examiner of June 3, 1983.
"Rev. Harold Hunt
"Rev. Harold M. Hunt, 82, of Independence Mo., died Sunday, June 2, 1985, at the Independence Hospital.
"Born in Mountain View, Mo., Rev Hunt was a graduate of LaGrange College and Culver-Stockton College. Before moving to Independence, Rev. Hunt held pastorates in northeast Missouri at Bethany and Bethel Baptist Churches near Palmyra, at Ten Mile Baptist Church near LaGrange, and at the First Baptist Church of Paris, Mo. He taught music and English and was principal of the high schools in several of the cities where he held pastorates. He taught music at the Kahoka School and served as high school principal here.
"At Independence, he was pastor of the First Baptist Church from 1940 to 1963, and Pastor Emeritus of the church. He was an outstanding community and church leader, had served as president of the Ministerial Alliance and the Kiwanis Club, was on the executive board of the Missouri Baptist Convention, a member of the board of managers of the Missouri Baptist Children's Home, and a member of the Blue River Baptist Association. He was a Mason and a 32 degree York Rite Shriner.
"Survivors include his wife of the home, the former Elizabeth McLeod; three daughters: Kathryn Sims of Overland Park, Kan.., Mary Lee Grose of Leawood, Kan., and Jane Howard of Independence; a sister: Darlene Burgess of Minnesota; six grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.
"Memorial services were held at the First Baptist Church in Independence, June 4." -- Source not given but is probably the Palmyra Spectator or the LaGrange paper.
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Taylor Family Genealogy
1902 - 1985 (82 years)