Lois H. Gunter

April 26, 1936 - December 1, 2020

Lois Houston Gunter, age 84, of Beaver Creek Road in Spruce Pine, died Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine. Born on April 26, 1936 in Avery County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Wesley and Hettie Marcus Houston. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her sisters; Lillian Kelso and Zula Biddix; and her brothers; Bill, Jake, and Joe Houston. Lois was a member of the Beaver Creek Baptist Church and had career in cosmetology spanning five decades. She was a wonderful wife and mother. In her spare time, she enjoyed reading and working crossword puzzles. Left to cherish her memories are her husband of sixty-four years; Howard Gunter of the home; her daughters; Leigh Swann and husband, Steve of Matthews and Lynn Winkler and husband, Christopher of Hickory; her grandchildren; Andrew Swann, Lacey Swann, and Peyton Winkler; and her brother; Clay Houston and wife, Naomi of Newland. A time to support the family, share memories, and receive friends will be on Saturday, December 5, 2020 from 10:00 am until 11:00 am in the Chapel of Webb Funeral Home. The funeral service will be on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at 11:00 am in the Chapel of Webb Funeral Home with the Rev's. Brandon Pitman and Ken Mashburn officiating. Interment will be in the Spruce Pine Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorial donations be made to either; Shriners Hospitals for Children, 950 West Faris Road, Greenville, SC 29602 www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org or Gideons www.gideons.org Due to the current COVID-19 regulations, our staff is committed to taking care of our guests and families that we serve. Please understand we will be following the State’s COVID guidelines. We also ask all guests and family members attending the visitation and service to please bring and wear a mask at all times. Words of comfort may be e-mailed to the family by going to our website; www.webbfh.com, selecting Lois Gunter’s name and then you may sign her guestbook. Webb Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements for Mrs. Gunter and is honored to be serving the Gunter family. Mrs. Gunter’s obituary has also been posted on Facebook for viewing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE MAKE DONATIONS TO: Shriners Hospitals for Children 950 Faris Road Geenville, SC 29602 www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org Gideons www.gideons.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~