Reverend Thomas Joseph Bunting

Reverend Thomas Joseph Bunting, 88, of Susan, Virginia passed away on Thursday, February 6, 2025. Be not sad but rejoice, for a race has been run and completed. Thomas Joseph Bunting was born on January 23, 1937, the second son of Ralph and Edna Bunting. He And his brother Billy, now deceased, were raised by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Hogge of Achilles, VA. 

He is survived by his wife Bernice, whom he loved dearly for over 66 years, three children, Laura Appleby, Harriet Doss (Mike), and Joel Bunting (Ali); four grandchildren, Phillip and Aaron Appleby (Tollie), Ellen Doss, and Noel Bunting, and four great-grandchildren, Jackson, Brooks, Leah, and (Angel) Trevor Appleby.

Tommy graduated from Gloucester High School in 1955. He was raised in the Achilles Friends Church and called to the ministry in 1965. Enrolled in ministerial studies and finally graduated from Anderson University School of Theology, Anderson, IN. He faithfully served the Church of God, Anderson, until his retirement in January of 2000. He served the Lord in Virginia, West Virginia, and Louisiana.

After retirement, he and his wife moved to Susan, Mathews County, VA, bought a home, and went back to the ministry in the surrounding area becoming the Chaplain of Riverside Walter Reed Hospital for 20 years. He last served the Lord at New Point Friends Church, Susan, VA.

The family will receive friends on Sunday, February 9, 2025, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at New Point Friends Church, 6119 New Point Comfort Hwy., Susan, Virginia 23163 with a funeral service at 3:00 p.m. Interment will be held in Friendship Cemetery. A reception will follow the burial at the church. Donations may be made in Tommy's memory to New Point Friends Church, P.O. Box 421, North, Virginia 23128.

Faulkner Funeral Homes, Foster-Faulkner Chapel, Mathews, Virginia