Dora Lee Hill Bunch

Nov 2, 2009

Dora Lee Hill Bunch, 91, of Athens, died Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, at Bradley Health Care in Cleveland.

A native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, she was a daughter of the late Arlin and Artie Sewell Hill, and was preceded in death by her husband, William M. Bunch; one son, Jessie Bunch; and one granddaughter, Diane Crisp Sizemore. She was a member of Short Creek Baptist Church and was retired from Cook Manufacturing.

Survivors include two daughters, Barbara Crisp of Harrison, and Wanda Bunch Cross of Cleveland; one son and daughter-in-law, David and Penny Bunch of Athens; one daughter-in-law, Geneva Bunch Fox of Cleveland; three sisters, Hazel Green of Calhoun, Mae Freitas of Hanford, Calif., and Grace Copeland of Cleveland; two brothers, Taylor Hill of Hayattesville, Md., and Paul Hill of Cleveland; three grandsons and two spouses, Dewayne and Karen Bunch, Randy and Sandra Bunch and Michael Bunch; five granddaughters an four spouses, Brenda Thomas, Janice and Scott Jones, Melanie and Tom Bayliss, Michelle and Matthew Swafford and Mindy and André Sebastian; eight great-grandchildren, Krista Gale, Clay Bunch, Pierson Bunch, Zachery Thomas, Randa Bunch, Jesse Jones, Dylan Jones and Isaiah Bayliss; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be 7 p.m. Wednesday at Ziegler Funeral Home with the Rev. Jimmy Lewis officiating. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Short Creek Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Dewayne Bunch, Randy Bunch, Michael Bunch, Scott Jones, Tom Bayliss, Matthew Swafford and André Sebastian.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

If you are unable to attend the visitation or service, sign the registry at www.zieglerfuneralhome.com

Ziegler Funeral Home of Athens is in charge of arrangements.