Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Chester, Va
Posts: 172

My grandfather, 'Pop', Max Hunter passed onto be with the Lord this morning. My Pop loved Redbones, The Redbone Community, and coon hunting. He made many special friendships over the years through his dogs and cherrished each one.

I've added a couple photos of my Pop. Feel free to post some pictures of your own if you like.

Max & Phillip Gray




Noah Cunningham, Max Hunter, and Hunter Cunningham
Nt Ch Pepper, Nt Ch Little Red, Nt Ch Hunter's Sweet Va April










With Love,

Noah & Hunter Cunningham

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Sorry to hear of max. I met him one time when you guys came down several years ago. He was a very nice man. Sorry for your loss.

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sad to hear, your family will be in my prayers.

beautiful hounds


hillis

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Sorry to hear about your family's loss

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Sorry for your loss. I'm glad I got to meet him and sure enjoyed talking with him at a couple of Redbone Days over the years. Getting to hear him tell what type of dog that Timber Chopper and Amos were, that was best. He was a very nice man.

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We're sorry for your sad loss. Thoughts and Prayers to your family and all of your grandfathers friends too. He had a great bunch of hounds and obviously influenced you guys in a Great Way... he will live on in your hearts......

Sincerely sorry, Heather and Bob William

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I'm so sorry to hear of your Grandpa's passing. He was truly a Redbone Legend.

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Location: Pennsylvania
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So very sorry to hear this news. We have so few of the men left that knew the dogs from the past. Without People like Max we would not have what we do today, well bred hounds with solid traits.
I will be thinking of your family and our prayers are with you all.

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GrNiteCh Sawblade Fiddle "no.5 historical female
QuadGrCh Yellow River Red Blaze
GrNiteCh Copeland's Red Hot Clyde
GrNiteCh Stone's Midnight Red Jake
NiteCh Brights Choctaw Night Time Sissy
NiteCh Sawblade Red Reckon
NiteCh Brasee Red Penny
NiteCh Nacalus Mandolin
Yellow River Fiddle II " good reproducer"
NiteCh Krasa Sawblade Quikstuf Bone
GrNiteCh Krasa Hair Trigger Hope
GrNiteCH Locked and Loaded Jake
GrNiteCh Moonlight Woody
NiteCh Sawblade Mac Truck " Jake and Hopes' brother"
NiteCh After Dark Spark " brother to Fiddle"
NiteCh Morgan's Boone " sister to Fiddle"
NiteCh High Water June " out of Reckon"
NiteCh Sawblade Timberline Rusty
Sawblade Ribbon,


They are bred with heart and drive included.

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Registered: Mar 2008
Location: central Pa.
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Sorry to hear this, reminded me of a hunt with him at his house some 30+ years ago. Rest in peace old friend.

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to hear about this, the Hunter family will be in our prayers!!

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I am so very sorry to read this I know how much Max loved the redbone breed. I remember some of the stories he told me and how proud he was about your kitchen table he made. I am very proud that I got to meet and get to talk dogs with him. I will be down your way in a few weeks hope to swing by and see the family.

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So sorry to hear about Max.I truly enjoyed talking to him whenever I got to see him.He was a legend of this breed for sure.Prayers up for this family.

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GrNtCh PKC Ch Dr Feelgood Co owned with Adam Huckaby
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GrNtCh PKC CH Peel's Burning Pepper
2006 PKC Redbone Days Overall Champion

2005 American Redbone Days Overall Champion


ChGrNtCh PKCCh Stepp's Little Pepper
#1 Current Reproducer when he died
2003 US Redbone Days Overall
Champion
2003 American Redbone Days
Overall Champion
2002 US Redbone Days
Opposite Sex Champion
2002 American Redbone Days
Opposite Sex Champion
2001 Brooks Magill Memorial
Overall Champion
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GrChGrNtCh PKCCh Peel's Red Jewel II
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Very sorry for your loss.One of my all time favorite moments was when I was hunting the Roy dog myself and Harold co owned at Redbone Days and Max was at the truck listening to the hounds.It meant the world to me to get to meet Max and have him tell how he thought Roy was a very nice hound.That night It felt like I was in the presence of a true legend and I loved listening to the stories of Timber Chopper and Famous Amos.

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Grnitech Pkc Ch Jennewein & Peels Doctor Feelgood (semen)
Grnitech Silver Ch Jenneweins Heads Creek Moonshine (semen)


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I was lucky to meet "Pop" a few times at different hunts. He was with Mr.Gray a few times and with you the day I bought the bench from you. He was always open to look at pedigrees and go over the different hounds in it. I'm sure he now gets to TC's trees with out the cane anymore.

You have many Great Memories that no one can ever take from you, enjoy them.

OT

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So sorry and sad to hear about Mr. Max. My thoughts and prayers are with the family.
I to have enjoyed talking to Mr. Max at a few hunts and many a times on the phone up to now and I really was thrilled the couple of times that Mr. Max and Noah came by and hunted with me and Roger Gibson on their way home from Philip Gray's. He has shared many a stories and has passed on alot of Redbone history with me and for that I am thankful. My friend you will be missed.

Noah, these are the pictures I tried to email you that didn't go through.




GRNITECH HUNTERS FAMOUS AMOS


NITECH TIMBER CHOPPER ROCKY

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GrNiteCh GrCh Key River Rock

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1992 Autumn Oaks - Overall High Scoring Redbone
GrNiteCh Flint Creek Hustlin Doc

GrNiteCh Flint Creek Hustlin Amy
NiteCh Flint Creek Hustlin Amos
NiteCH Ch Johnos Red Sugar
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Hunter and Noah
Sorry for your loss. I know the hole that you feel. My Papa was the one who lead me "astray" as well. Will be thinking about you.

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sorry to hear of the passing of Max. Went up a few times and hunted with Max. When I first started hunting redbones ole Timber Chopper was in the lime light. I hunted with several of his off springs. Never will forget the time I hunted with Max and Amos before he was famous. Definitely an icon of the redbone breed and a fine gentleman as well.

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"" The Redbone breed has lost an icon! Max and his brother Happy Hunter did as much for the Redbone breed as anyone. You could literally say they put the 'Tree' in the Redbone Coonhound. As a young man, Max took me under HIS wing and I will never forget that. Max and Happy Hunter, Otis Owen, Glen Bosley, Mr Hughes, Wayne Campbell, and Ron Martin, you could say Virginia is the Redbone capital of the world! I do hope Noah and his brother Hunter Cunningham keep up the fine family tradition. You are in my thoughts and prayers. "" Tim Brewin 'Sundown Redbone Kennel'

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Noah sorry to hear about your loss prayer's up for your family

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sorry to hear about max praying for the hole family. like george jones sang who going to fill there shoes.

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Sorry , on the loss of your grandfather, He sure made some ex. nice crosses that are in our red's today
I used to go to the hunts that his club put on year's ago
& there were a lot of reds there & a bunch were from his reds I would enjoy our red talks, he will be missed by ALL

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The heavens declare the glorious creation! Heaven must be glorious and Max and Philip and all those redbone men and women that have gone before them are at pitch in feast with the Lamb of God!
Can't wait to meet them there....

Noah I still have 5 straws from that old double Famous Amos hound, half brother/sister cross with Amos in 3rd Gen top AND bottom......get a female to Nevergone and I will breed her for a single pup
No out crosses as all hounds go back to TC

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Sorry for you and youre familys loss.Come on up and hunt with me again sometime. We will tree a few. John Ingram

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Great Redbones he had IF YOU THINK OF HIM & TALK ABOUT HIM HE WILL NEVER BE GONE ALWAYS REMEMBER THE TIMES YOU HAD GOD BLESS! Tom

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Sorry for you loss. You and your family will be in our thought and prayers

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