Beverly Jean Hunt

Beverly Jean Hunt of Snowflake Arizona passed away on January 6, 2020 surrounded by loved ones. Beverly was born on December 8, 1935 to Forest and Clara Martin. She is the eldest of 3 daughters. She loved mothering her younger sisters, playing in the woods, Sunday dinners and special Angel Food Birthday cakes with white frosting with Marciano cherries.

Beverly graduated from Glenwood High School in 1954, then worked at Farmers Insurance for 1 year before making the trip to Brigham Young University where she had earned a scholarship. During Thanksgiving break from BYU, she traveled to Snowflake, Arizona where she was introduced to her roommate’s cousin Edwin Lewis Hunt. They were married for 57 wonderful years, where she became the matriarch of a large close knit legacy that cultivated 6 children 21 grandchildren and an ever-growing list of great & great-great grandchildren.

Beverly spent her full and happy life farming, she also was a secretary at the Paper Mill, The Bank in Snowflake, with many years at Hatch Construction while owning several successful businesses in Snowflake.  Beverly enjoyed many great friends that she held dear to her heart that remained from birth thru her married life. She enjoyed Golf, Spending time at Roosevelt Lake and talking for hours on the phone with her sister Karen in Minnesota, but the love that Beverly had for her family was the most important accomplishments in her life, that she spoke of until the very day of her passing.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Edwin Lewis Hunt; son, Johnny Mark Hunt; daughter, Joni Hunt Davis and son, Edwin Lewis Hunt Jr.

She is survived by daughter, Jackie Yarn (Ben); son, Kelly Hunt (Andie) and daughter, Jodie Holt (Jeremy.)

Funeral Services will be held at the Centennial Stake Center on Saturday, January 11, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. with a viewing at 10:00 A.M. There will be a viewing Friday January 10, 2020 at Owens Livingston Mortuary~Heritage Chapel, 84 E. 19^th S, Snowflake, Arizona from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M.