EV. RICHARD GUNTER was born in 1766, and died October 22, 1831, in the sixty-fifth year of his age. He was brought up in the Baptist church, in which he became a minister. He connected himself with the Christian Church at an early period, being opposed to what is called close communion. He was one of the pioneers of the Christian Church in that part of the state of North Carolina. He was well acquainted, no doubt, with Rev. James O'Kelly, since both labored in part in the same section of the state. He was a minister in the Christian Church for about thirty years, and at the time of his death, which was caused by a piece of bone lodging in his throat, he was pastor of two churches. His death was much lamented by the people of his charge, and as a minister he was highly respected for his kindness, faithfulness and ardent zeal in the cause of the Master. His labors were within the bounds of the North Carolina Christian Conference of which he was a [71] member, and he is still remembered for his good works in Moore and Chatham counties, where his descendants live to reflect honor upon his name.

[LCM 71-72]