DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL
Daytona Beach, Florida
Wednesday, October 22, 2008Anna Lee Frey Hunter was born December 15, 1955 and entered into eternal rest with her beloved husband, Otis Stone (Rocky) Hunter, Jr. on October 19, 2008.
As a child, Anna was schooled at the Beverly Hills Academy of Music and Dance, studying tap with Willie Covan, choreographer for MGM Studios, and ballet with Robert Rosselott.
She later moved to Florida with her family and graduated from Seabreeze High School in 1974, where she was crowned Miss Seabreeze and has frequently served as a judge for the contest.
This multi-talented and beautiful woman went on to share her immense talent in many musicals at the Daytona Playhouse including Sound of Music, 1776, Oklahoma!, Bells Are Ringing, Nunsense, Apple Tree, Sweet Charity, Paint Your Wagon, Annie, Most Happy Fella, Dames at Sea, and Anything Goes. Anna also sang professionally with the Anna Frey Quartet and later with Kevin (Redmond) & Anna, who traveled around Florida with their duo.
Anna was also the inaugural artist-in-residence for the Casements. She was a dance teacher and studio manager for Winchester's Dance School from 1971 until 2001. Anna spent several years working for Sun Stuff Ltd., Pacesetter and Parsons Marketing commencing in 1973, along with working for the Doliner's retail stores.
From 1985 to 1991, she worked for Woerner & Parsons, attorneys at law, and in 1991 she started working as a secretary for the State Attorney's Office of Flagler County, a position she held until her untimely demise.
Anna was predeceased by her sister, Cindy Hluchy in September 2008.
Survivors include: twin sister, Alice Frey Winchester (Scott); brother, Jack Frey; sisters, Florence Frey of Washington, D.C.; and Martha Frey Stone of Delaware. Anna is also survived by stepson, Jesse Hunter; stepdaughter, Allison Hunter Robbins (Luke); niece and nephew, Gracie and Josh Winchester; nieces, Samantha Pilotte (Jesse); Stephanie Ickes (Charles); Robert, Keith and Melinda Stone and grand-niece and nephew, Lauren and Harrison Ickes and many family and friends who adored her unparalleled grace and inner beauty.
A special musical tribute to this phenomenal woman will be held at the Daytona Playhouse, located at 100 Jessamine Boulevard, Daytona Beach, FL on Thursday, October 30 at 7:00 p.m.
DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL
Daytona Beach, Florida
Wednesday, October 22, 2008Courthouse personnel mourn loss of popular secretary
By KATHY KELLY
Staff WriterWhen lawyer Kelly Parsons was at the Flagler County Courthouse a few months ago, she stopped by to see her old friend and musical muse, Anna Frey Hunter. They even managed to get in a few "time steps," the tap dance Hunter taught her years ago.
Hunter, 53, of Bunnell, described as a "shining star" of the State Attorney's Office, where she had worked as a secretary since the mid 1990s, was killed Sunday along with her husband, Otis S. "Rocky" Hunter Jr., in a motorcycle accident near Eatonton, Ga.
Although she had lived in Flagler County since her marriage 10 years ago, Hunter was widely known in the Daytona Beach area, where she sang and performed in Daytona Playhouse musicals, mentored young people interested in the entertainment field and served as a judge in the annual Mr. and Miss Seabreeze pageant. She had worn the school crown herself in 1974.
"Anna was like a shining star in this office," said an emotional Steve Nelson on Tuesday. He is the division chief for the State Attorney's Office and had worked with Hunter in a variety of positions. He recalled her sunny disposition, her willingness to help others and professional manner.
For Circuit Judge William Parsons, the death of the secretary is a blow to his entire family. The former Anna Frey began working for his wife some 30 years ago and stayed involved with the family, working at his private law firm, and pitching in for the last 15 years to help put up the Parsons family holiday decorations.
Parsons' daughter, Kelly, now an attorney with Cobb and Cole, was tutored in song and dance by Hunter, whose twin sister, Alice Winchester, operated a dance studio where Anna worked as a dance teacher and studio manager. "She was the kind of person who lights up the room," Kelly Parsons said, calling her friend "a class act."
Anna Frey Hunter, a native of Leesburg, Va., moved to Daytona Beach with her family in 1968 after studying at the Beverly Hills Academy of Music and Dance, and studying tap dancing with Willie Covan, choreographer for MGM Studios. She was the first artist-in-residence for The Casements.
She and her husband, whose family members were early settlers of Flagler County, were on their annual motorcycle ride to see the fall foliage, said a family friend.
To celebrate her life, a special musical tribute is scheduled for 7 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Daytona Playhouse, 100 Jessamine Blvd., Daytona Beach.
Funeral arrangements for the couple, being handled by Clymer Funeral Home, Bunnell, are incomplete.
