[1][2] The elder Hunton had moved south with his wife and father from Warrenton, Virginia, just three years earlier to found a legal practice with Beverley B. Munford, E. Randolph Williams, and Henry W.

[9][10] Hunton married Caroline Homassel Marye at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on September 28, 1936, in a ceremony officiated by Beverley D. Tucker Jr. and Arthur B. Kinsolving.

Dr. Kinloch Nelson, a college classmate and the future dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, served as his best man.

[15] A friend said that, in the courtroom, he relied on "soft persuasion and a gracious manner of the Old South to get the jury to go along with him," and a fellow partner opined that "he would fit into the scene of the last century much more easily than most of us.

[23] In 1933, Hunton campaigned as a Democrat for one of Richmond's six seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, running on a liberal platform that included support for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

[13] Virginius Dabney was appointed the first rector of the university and faced student protests due to his association with the Byrd Machine and massive resistance; he ultimately resigned on July 31, 1969.

[33] Hunton was appointed to succeed him and served until his own resignation in September 1970, citing conflicts of interest arising out of his firm's representation of the school over the years.

[39] On November 23, 1976, at approximately 7:00 pm, a truck collided with Hunton's car on River Road, close to his home in Henrico County.

[1][35] Following services at St. Paul's Church, he was buried in Hollywood Cemetery, alongside his wife, who preceded him in death fourteen years earlier, his parents, and his paternal grandparents.

[22][40] The year after his death, Hunton & Williams established the Eppa Hunton IV Memorial Book Award at the University of Virginia School of Law, which is presented annually to a third-year student "who has demonstrated unusual aptitude in litigation courses and shown a keen awareness and understanding of the lawyer’s ethical and professional responsibility".

[42] In 1996, Hunton's former residence at 6705 River Road, designed by William Lawrence Bottomley, was moved from Henrico to the campus of the University of Richmond, where it is now the centerpiece of the Jepson Alumni Center.