Walter Isaac Bunch

1918 - 2003  (85 years)

• Name	Walter Isaac Bunch
  Birth	13 May 1918	Morgan, Tennessee, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Oct 2003	Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
  	BUNCH, WILLIAM ISAAC, age 85, died Oct. 1, 2003 in his home. Isaac was born in Big Mountain Hollow, 1st Dist, of Morgan County, May 13,1918. The family moved to Coalfield when Isaac was six. He graduated from Coalfield High School in 1938 being Valedictorian of his class. Then he joined the CCC. He served in the CCC in Cades Cove and then joined the Navy in World War II. After serving in the Navy, went to work at Alcoa. Isaac retired from Alcoa after 40 years of service and a member of tthe 25 year club. He was a Boy Scout Leader with Troop 6 for several years. He was preceded in death by wife of 47 years, Norene Eldridge Bunch; parents, Joseph Walter and Lillie Peters Bunch of Coalfield; sister, Mary Aletha Spainhour and brother Paul Bunch. He is survived by daughter, Joan Bunch; son, Jerry Bunch, both of Knoxville; sisters Florence Worthington of Coalfield and Stella Kelly of Wartburg; brother Joseph Earl Bunch of California; brother and sister-in-law James E. and Margaret Bunch of Coalfield and many nieces and nephews. Per his request, Mr. Bunch's body was donated to the U.T. Health and Science Center in Memphis and no services are planned at this time. Mynatt Funeral Home was in Charge of arrangements.[Morgan County News]
  Siblings	7 Siblings
  1. Harvey Dudley Bunch,   b. 3 Sep 1909, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States d. 6 Sep 1939, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States  (Age 30 years)   2. Walter Isaac Bunch,   b. 13 May 1918, Morgan, Tennessee, United States d. 1 Oct 2003, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States  (Age 85 years) ▻ Norene Eldridge   3. Florence Effalee Bunch,   b. 29 Dec 1919, Owatonna, Steele, Minnesota, United States d. 17 Nov 2012, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States  (Age 92 years) ▻ Benjamin Franklin Worthington   4. Mary Aletha Bunch,   b. 17 Sep 1921, Tennessee, United States d. 11 Oct 1958, Morgan, Tennessee, United States  (Age 37 years) ▻ Harold Spainhour   5. James Evan Bunch,   b. 3 Jun 1923, Owatonna, Steele, Minnesota, United States d. 25 Jun 2010, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States  (Age 87 years) ▻ Margaret Hughett   6. Stella Marie Bunch ▻ Clyde Anderson Kelly   7. Paul Irving Bunch,   b. 2 Mar 1930, Owatonna, Steele, Minnesota, United States d. 9 Jul 1986, Colorado, United States  (Age 56 years) ▻ Betty Jean Griffith;   Carrie Tucker   8. Joseph Earl Bunch ▻ Jane Richards
  Person ID	I3864	Main Tree
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Joseph Walter Bunch,   b. 12 Sep 1893, Tennessee, United States d. 16 Jan 1971, Morgan, Tennessee, United States (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Lillie Victoria Peters,   b. 16 Oct 1898, Tennessee, United States d. 16 Sep 1971, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1 Jul 1917
  Family ID	F1715	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Norene Eldridge,   b. 1914   d. 1993 (Age 79 years)
  Children	1. Jerry Bunch   2. Joan E. Bunch
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2018
  Family ID	F1716	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 13 May 1918 - Morgan, Tennessee, United States Death - 1 Oct 2003 - Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States  = Link to Google Earth