Mrs. Virginia Lee Barker Gunter

September 21, 1936 - April 25, 2021

Mrs. Virginia Lee Barker Gunter, age 84, of Shelbyville, passed away Sunday, April 25, 2021, at her home under the loving care and comfort of her family and Willow Brook Hospice. Graveside services will be 2 PM Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at Willow Mount Cemetery. Lee Allen will officiate. She was born September 21, 1936, in Sparta, Tennessee, to the late Luther and Jannie Buttrum Barker. She was a retried nurse from Bedford County Nursing Home, and was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a faithful member of Mt. Hermon Church of Christ. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Sam "Clarabell" Gunter, in 2019; brothers, Hayden Barker, Paul Barker, and John Barker; sisters, Gusta Parker, Susie Barker, and Mary Ruth Barker; a nephew, Earl Parker. Survivors include a son, Kevin Gunter, and his wife Angie, and a grandson, Hayden Gunter, all of Shelbyville; nephews, Don Barker, of Lewisville, North Carolina, John barker, of Manchester, and Clay Parker, and his wife Ruth, of Sparta; a niece, Kathy Seals, of Nashville. Memorials may be made to Mt. Hermon Church of Christ, Willow Brook Hospice, or Caring Hearts Foundation.