Hunter, Anna Colquitt, 1892-1985

Anna Habersham Hunter (née Colquitt; January 21, 1892 – January 28, 1985) was an American preservationist, and a founder of the Historic Savannah Foundation in 1955 ...

Anna Habersham Colquitt Hunter; b. January 21, 1892, Savannah, Georgia; died January 28, 1985, Tybee Island, Georgia; American preservationist, one of the founders of Historic Savannah Foundation in 1955.

Hunter was a descendant of James Habersham (1712–1775),[1] a pioneering merchant and statesman in the British North American colony of Georgia.[2] She was born in Savannah, Georgia, on January 21, 1892, but also grew up in South Carolina.[3]

She was a graduate of Agnes Scott College, but left to marry George Lewis Cope Hunter, son of James Henry Hunter and Harriet Cope,[4] who was a student of agriculture at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.[3] He was registered as a student in 1908.[5]

George died in 1936, aged 44, leaving his widow with three children to support.

Birth
21 Jan 1892
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Death
28 Jan 1985 (aged 93)
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Bonaventure Cemetery
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Plot
A-374