Rebecca Hunt

Benson:  Rebecca Jane Langdon Hunt passed peacefully on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina surrounded by the love of God and family. Funeral service will be 2:00PM Sunday, November 13, 2016, at Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Benson.  Rev. Al Hocutt will officiate.  Burial will follow in Roselawn Cemetery. Rebecca was born in Benson, NC on August 1, 1929 and was 87 years old. She was raised Primitive Baptist, but was a faithful member of the United Methodist Church after marrying Mallory Newton Hunt on August 12, 1952. Rebecca retired in June of 1986 after teaching for 34 years. Most of her career was spent at Vandora Springs Elementary School in Garner. Rebecca loved gardening. Growing fresh vegetables to cook and share brought her great joy. Planting flowers that created a kaleidoscope of color each spring and having a well groomed yard also brought her great pleasure. Rebecca enjoyed visiting with people, sewing, crocheting, cooking, baking, milkshakes, and reading a good book. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mallory Newton Hunt, parents, Mildred Dupree Langdon and Zachariah “Z. R.” Langdon of Benson, NC; brother, Roy Britt Langdon; and sister, Catherine Warren. Mrs. Hunt is survived by three daughters and their husbands:  Nancy and Chuck Pearson of Bahama, NC, Mary Jane and Joe Campbell of San Jose, CA, and Drs. Gloria Anne and John Reece of Macon, Georgia;  grandchildren: Carolyn Jane Campbell, Rebecca and Robert Riegelsberger, Walter Scott Campbell, Zachary Andrew Campbell, C.J. Pearson, Stephanie Buchanan and Chris Chisolm; and great-granddaughter Cadence Joy Chisolm. Family visitation will be at Rose Graham Funeral Home in Benson Sunday from 12:45PM to1:45 PM prior to the funeral service. Contributions can be made in memory of Rebecca Hunt to the Benson United Methodist Church Building Fund, P. O. Box 72, Benson, NC  27504 or to Hospice of one's choice.