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- [S26] Berry Funeral Home, (www.berryfuneralhome.com), 19 Nov 2008.
Day, II, Walter W. (Sunny), age 63, of Louisville, Tennessee, born July 4, 1945 in Jacksonville, North Carolina, passed away Wednesday night, November 19, 2008 at UT Medical Center. Sunny attended Young High School and graduated from East High School, Class of 1963. After graduation, Sunny served in the United States Air Force and upon retiring from the service attended the University of Tennessee. Sunny was an employ of BWXT Y-12 for the last 17 years. He enjoyed life and loved his family and friends. He was a member of Lake Forest Presbyterian Church. Preceded in death by his parents, Volney Parker and Louella Tapp Day.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Wanda; daughter and son-in-law, Natalie Michelle and Scott Carroll of Plano, Texas; grandchildren, Sarah and Mark Carroll; aunts, Beulah M. Day, Mary Lou Parker, Sue Day and Bobbie Walston; father and mother-in-law, Homer and Zella Breeden of Seymour, Tennessee; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Harlen L. and Patricia Breeden of Knoxville; brother-in-law, H. Dean Breeden of Alcoa; nephews, Jason, Justin, Gabriel Breeden; niece, Shannon Breeden; special friends, Olen Ford, Patrick G. Hughes; Bobby Bounds; special cousins, Wayne Parker and Joey Parker; a host of other friends and family special pets, Peyton and Emma.
Service
The family will receive friends from 5:00-8:00 PM Saturday, November 22, 2008 at Berry Funeral Home, Chapman Highway. Family and friends will meet at Woodlawn Cemetery on Sunday, November 23, 2008 for a 2:30 PM graveside service with Rev. Jason Haas officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lake Forest Presbyterian Church, 714 E. Lake Forest Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920 or to the Humane Society, 800 Millroad Road, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920. A guestbook and additional information are available at www.berryfuneralhome.com. You are invited to share your thoughts and memories of Sunny at his memorial website at www.MeM.com
- [S27] The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com/, (Blount County, Tennessee), 22 Nov 2008.
Day, local political activist, dies at 63
Graveside services will be held Sunday for outspoken political activist Walter W. (Sunny) Day II, of Maryville, who died Wednesday night at UT Medical Center. He was 63.
Longtime friend Booty Miller of Maryville described Day as a unique person, "someone who, if he saw a wrong, he wanted to stand up for it. He had strong beliefs about things, such as government. He felt it was the people's government and they need to speak up."
Day ran for political office several times, including the state legislature, partly because he did not want to see Tennessee implement a state income tax, Miller said. Derrick Harmon of Louisville said he met Day when the pair worked together on the House of Representatives campaign of Tona Monore-Ball earlier this year.
"He was very politically oriented," Harmon said of Day. "He had a sharp political mind, he could think quick on his feet and could rebuff arguments."
Both men described their friend as having a sense of humor.
"He told a lot of jokes and really made you laugh," Harmon said. "He was a jolly kind of guy."
Day was an employee of BWXT Y-12 in Oak Ridge for the past 17 years. Survivors include his wife of 17 years, Wanda.
Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Woodlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Berry Funeral Home, Chapman Highway, Knoxville.
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