Jay Marshall Bunting, 83

DAGSBORO - Jay Marshall Bunting of Dagsboro passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2007, in the Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, Md. He was 83.

Mr. Bunting was born Nov. 24, 1923, in Dagsboro, son of the late John M. and Sarah Emma (Godfrey) Bunting.

He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Navy.

Mr. Bunting retired in 1978, after 30 years of service, as the supervisor of the Georgetown and Dover Internal Revenue Service offices.

He was an umpire for high school baseball, softball and the Lower Sussex Little League for 40 years, and was inducted into the Eastern Shore Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.

Mr. Bunting is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Gladys (Hill) Bunting; a son, Jay M. Bunting Jr. and his wife Robin of Greensboro, N.C.; two sisters-in-law, Charlotte Hill and Janet Jennings; a brother-in-law, Jack Hill; three nephews, Norman Bunting and his wife Sandra, Franklin Bunting and his wife Nina Lou, and Conrad Zink and his wife Cathy; a niece, Gloria Blades and her husband Charles; and two grandchildren, Ashley and Chase Bunting.

A funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Mariner"s Bethel United Methodist Church, 81 Central Ave., Ocean View, where friends may call after 12:30 p.m. Interment will be held in Dagsboro Redmens Memorial Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions in Jay"s name to the General Fund at Mariner"s United Methodist Church, 81 Central Ave., Ocean View, DE 19970; or to the Lower Sussex Little League, c/o Bruce Layton, P.O. Box 320, Ocean View, DE 19970.

Arrangements by Melson Funeral Services of Frankford.