…jokes that he was more like Hunter’s 22nd child. Still, she kept track of every one of them, which may have helped her keep her mind sharp as she aged, he said.
“She knew every last one of our names. She knew all of her kids’ names, she knew all her grandkids’ names and she knew all of her great-grandkids’ names,” DelRay said. “It kept her on point.”
DelRay said that when he was growing up, the family home had 15 children living there. He said it could be chaotic, but there was a strong bond between them.
“We all stuck together,” he said. “One fall, we all fall. That’s how we go down.”
On March 7, the Hunter family will release details of a public service held in her memory and has asked for privacy to grieve until that time.