Lonnie Lee Dunn (1922 - 2017)

Born 25 Aug 1922 in Yalobusha Co., MS

Ancestors

Husband of Ruby Lorene (Liles) Dunn — married 10 Aug 1942 in Calhoun County, MS

Died 12 Jul 2017 at age 94 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Lonnie is a Baptist Preacher. He served as pastor of Clear Springs Baptist Church in Yalobusha County, MS. He lived at 1316 N. Lamar, Oxford, MS. Lonnie married 1. Lorene Lyles 2. Brenda Unknown. Lonnie Lee Dunn, 94, died Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, TN. The funeral service will be held Saturday, July 15, 2017, at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of Waller Funeral Home with Dr. Chuck Fowler officiating. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday evening, July 14, 2017 from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Born in Bruce, MS, to George Washington and Taver Ward Dunn, Mr. Dunn was a retired transportation supervisor with the Oxford School District and was the pastor of Trinity Baptist Church. He loved his family and friends and was a devoted Christian man. He enjoyed being outside and working on his farm. Mr. Dunn was a Private First-Class veteran of the United States Army. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Lorene Liles Dunn. Mr. Dunn is survived by his wife, Brenda Dunn of Oxford, MS; daughter, Linda Dunn Echols and her husband, Tom of Oxford, MS; sons, James (Jim) Rodgers Dunn of Hernando, MS and Terry Lynn Dunn of Southaven, MS; a sister, Idell Duncan of Houston, MS; a brother, Henry "Bud" Dunn of Water Valley, MS; a step-daughter, Laura Gossett of Oxford, MS: twelve grandchildren, seventeen great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Memorial contributions in Mr. Dunn's memory may be made to your favorite charity. In honor of Mr. Dunn's service to his country, the flag of the United States Army will be flown at Waller Funeral Home. Burial in Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, MS.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMB6-1YQ : accessed 10 September 2017), Lonnie Dunn in household of Robert H Ward, Beat 3, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 18B, line 79, family 393, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1140; FHL microfilm 2,340,875. "
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGM-9KC : accessed 10 September 2017), Lonnie Dunn in household of Annie Ward, Beat 3, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-11, sheet 28B, line 47, family 530, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2011. "
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8T1-7MW : 5 December 2014), Lonnie L Dunn, enlisted 04 Nov 1942, Cp Shelby, Mississippi, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland."
• [Personal interview with Lonnie Lee Dunn in year 1999.]