KOSCIUSKO — Lura Carolyn Eubanks Gunter, 95, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012.

She was born May 14, 1917, to David Monroe Eubanks and Lura Vashti Thomas Eubanks in Purvis, Lamar County, Miss. She was a lifelong resident of Mississippi and was a member of Harvest Point Baptist Church in Kosciusko. After graduating from Blue Mountain and Hillman colleges, she worked for and retired from the Mississippi Welfare Department as a social worker for approximately 20 years.

Over those years, she developed a personal relationship of trust with many people and loved dealing and helping with their personal needs. No one loved the Word of God as much as Carolyn, and she was continually interceding in prayer for her family, friends, community and country, not to exclude Worldwide Missions and Missionaries.

Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at Jordan Funeral Home with services to begin at 1 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with James Gordon officiating. Graveside services will be held at Sallis Cemetery.

Carolyn is survived by her five sons and their wives, Clarence M. Gunter (Elsie Mangum Gunter, deceased) of Garland, Texas, David F. Gunter DVM (Trudy Hansford Gunter) of Vicksburg, Charles S. “Sam” Gunter (Cindy Jennings Gunter) of Edwards, Mo., James T. “Jim” Gunter (Jamie Wood Gunter) of Tupelo and S. Lamar Gunter (Debby McRae Gunter) of Meridian; 11 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; one niece, Marian Frances Dodd Gilliland (Dr. Robert N. Gilliland); and one nephew, David Eubanks Dodd (Pat Turnipseed Dodd).

Pallbearers will be grandsons and grandsons-in-law. Her nieces, Marian Frances Gilliland and Pat Dodd, her nephews, Dr. Robert N. Gilliland and David E. Dodd, will serve as honorary pallbearers, along with her son’s cousin, Claude J. Gunter, and her special friends, Tommy Burdine, Billie Vowell, Donna Snuggs and Willetta Campbell.

She was preceded in death by her parents and all her sisters, Helen Eubanks, Rosemary Dodd, David Eubanks and Sarah Eugenia Eubanks.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a charity or church of your choice.