HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Huntsville sanitation workers lined the Memorial Parkway access road this morning in tribute to Kathy Hunt, the beloved city sanitation manager who

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The workers stood alongside their garbage trucks as a hearse carrying Hunt's body left Berryhill Funeral Home bound for Maple Hill Cemetery.

Hunt, 57, fell ill while country line dancing Friday night at the American Legion post on Drake Avenue. She was pronounced dead several hours later at Huntsville Hospital.

Hunt became the first female boss in the city's Public Works Department when she was promoted to sanitation supervisor. She was named manager of the division in May 2002, responsible for keeping the garbage picked up at more than 60,000 homes and businesses.

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