B.D. BUD HUNTER

B.D. "BUD" HUNTER of Springfield, IL died May 14, 2017 at the age of 87. He worked for the S. P. Wright Advertising Co. that provided advertising and consulting services to the funeral industry. He purchased the company and expanded the scope of the business on an international scale. In the late 1960's, Hunter founded Amedco, Inc, which later became the second largest manufacturer of burial caskets in the world. In 1986, Amedco merged with Service Corporation International. As part of the merger, Hunter, through one of his companies, Huntco, Inc, purchased the steel processing and healthcare equipment operations of Amedco. Hunter served as vice chairman on the board of directors of SCI (NYSE) and graduated from Truman State University in 1950.