Louise Ann Huntley - July 22, 1943 - November 20, 2024 Louise Ann Huntley born July 22, 1943 to Charles Ouimette and Lillian Levalley. Went to Be with the Lord on Louise Ann Huntley November 20, 2024 at 5:10 AM Proceeded in death by parents, Charles and Lillian, brother Leo Ouimette, sisters, Marie Teresa Bennett, and Dorothy Laughton.

Survived by husband Robert Huntley Jr., brother Henry Ouimette, Sons Robert Huntley (wife Debra), Tony Huntley (wife Christine), Douglas Huntley (wife Virginia), and Daughter, Sharon Grillo. Grandchildren, Susanna Anaya (husband Orlando), TJ Huntley, Courtney Davis (husband Eric), Dillon Grillo (girlfriend Kristen), Cameron Huntley (wife Caitlin), Seth Huntley, Reese Collins, and Ryan Collins. Great grandchildren, Dallas Davis, Ryder Grillo, Sookie Huntley, and Madison Anaya.

Louise had a very difficult up-bringing with a lot of rejection into adult hood. The high point of her younger years was living with her grandparents. She had fond memories of standing around the piano while her grandmother played and all her siblings sang. She would always say her grandmother was good to her.

I met Louise, a single mom raising two boys, Bobby and Tony, in July of 1966. I fell in love with Louise and the boys at first sight. On October 29th, 1966 we were married and moved near Pittsburg Pennsylvania, so I could go to Aircraft Mechanic School. The next few years she spent raising our two boys, delivering our daughter Sharon in 1968, and son Doug in 1970. She practically cared for all four by herself while I worked days and went to school at night. When I finished school, I started looking for a mechanic job. As I was searching for a job in many locations, I would mention a city, and ask her opinion, and she, completely supportive, said she would live wherever I provided a home. I got a job here at Pratt and Whitney and we moved to Indiantown. She was a home maker until Doug started school, at which time she went to work at Indiantown Middle School. During her tenure she was a teacher’s aide, tutored in the computer lab and retired after 30 years working in the clinic caring for sick children. While she worked, she took care of the house, four children, and a husband.

She volunteered at church with the Royal Ambassador program. We would not only meet with the boys on Wednesday nights, but we would take them camping too. Even though she hated bugs and the spiders that came along with camping, she still slept in the tent on the ground and cooked on an open fire to feed the boys. At one time, one of our kids asked us if we could pick up a friend to take with us to church. Then more and more wanted to come until there was a car load and many more. We ended up asking the church for a bus and they gave us one to bring all those kids with us. Picking up one friend turned into picking up a bus full of friends. We would visit them every Saturday morning. Louise was always right there encouraging more kids to come. Louise sang solos in the choir and also worked Vacation Bible School every summer. When we moved to the Family Worship Center, she was still right there every Wednesday night at the Children’s Program and Vacation Bible School each summer. As retirement got closer, we began to believe God wanted us somewhere else.

Praying and searching, we settled in Hohenwald, Tennessee. Our daughter, Sharon, and her husband Tony Grillo, purchased 107 acres with no buildings. In order to move quickly, we built a barn and moved into a camper. We then built a kitchen and bath to make things a little more comfortable. Let me tell you how strong of a person and cook she was. We had an Interim Pastor and some people were asking around if someone would invite him to lunch. This was before the kitchen was built. All she had was the kitchen in the camper. She invited the Pastor and another couple to lunch and cooked a beautiful meal including homemade bread. The two men couldn’t stop eating the amazing food she made. They liked the bread dipped into the juice from the roast. They could hardly stop dipping the bread into it.

As we were searching for a new church home we attended several churches. While attending First Baptist church of Hohenwald, Louise met Tracy Hankins. They immediately connected and Tracy began introducing Louise as “my new best friend”. When we shared with Tracy our history of leading a Royal Ambassador program she shared that she had been searching for help starting a program there. This was it, we believed God was leading us to start the ministry and join the church. Louise also sang in the choir and participated in women’s bible study. We had a busy challenging life in Tennessee, living remote, somewhat off grid, and growing and preserving our own vegetables. Living out past the boonies was hard when Louise began to lose her memory so we moved back to Florida where our children were closer to help.

Louise lived her final years in Okeechobee helping in the garden picking vegetables, even if they weren’t ripe, loving Jesus, her husband, 4 children, 8 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.