Wednesday, January 6, 2021 8:00 am
James (Jim) Day Hunt, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on December 24, 2020 after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born on November 10, 1939, the second oldest of six children born to Ruth and Thomas Hunt of Fairfield, Iowa. Jim graduated from the University of Iowa in 1960 and Naval Officer Candidate School in 1961. In 1964, Jim married the love of his life, Sandra (Sandy) Bush, in Rome, Italy. It was a marriage that lasted 56 years until his death and gave them five children and seven grandchildren. In 1973, Jim started Southern Aluminum Casting Company and later Southern Aluminum Machining Company in Bay Minette, Alabama. Eventually, both businesses employed over 500 people and supplied engine parts to Ford Motor Company. Jim often said that the harder he worked the luckier he got. Jim and Sandy lived and raised their children in Point Clear, Alabama for nearly 40 years, and savored walks by