MR. HORACE DUNN

VISITATION......................5-9 PM THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2014 AT JOHN E. STEPHENS CHAPEL FUNERAL SERVICES; FUNERAL.........................11 AM FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 AT JOHN E. STEPHENS CHAPEL; INTERMENT.....................CEDAR HILL CEMETERY; Funeral services for Mr. Horace W. Dunn will be held at 11 AM Friday, July 25, 2014 from John E. Stephens Chapel with Rev. John Stephens & Rev. Ricky Wilcher officiating. Rev. David Hardy will officiate the graveside. Interment is in Cedar Hill Cemetery. John E. Stephens Chapel Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Dunn, 92, passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian, MS. He lived most of his life in the Cedar Hill Community on Dunn Road. He was a WWII U.S. Army veteran, receiving the purple heart. He enlisted into the Army on October 31, 1939 at the age of 17 at Montgomery, AL. He was wounded in action July 25, 1944 & August 27, 1944 and was hospitalized in England November 1944. After returning to duty, he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, American Defense Service Medal, European-African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and the Purple Heart with one oak leaf cluster. Mr. Dunn was then discharged at Camp Shelby, MS on August 19, 1945. He was a very kind person who loved all of his family & friends. Mr. Dunn worked at Neshoba Central School as outside maintenance worker for numerous years. He was also a bus driver, who loved to play ping pong, especially against Jimmy Hardy & Larry McMillan. After retiring he loved to fish and work in the garden. He was a very loyal christian who loved God and his fellow man. He was a member of Cedar Hill Baptist Church. Mr. Dunn was preceded in death by his daughter; Jean Dunn; son, Horace Watson Dunn Jr.; granddaughter, Brandy George; grandson, David Glenn George; parents, Virgil Dunn & Docie Lee Miller Dunn; (5) sisters, Pauline Clay, Hazel Cummins, Mable Gully, Wellye Lewis & Louise Phillips; brothers, Cecil Dunn, V.D. Dunn, Infant Vardaman Dunn, Jack Dunn, Homer Dunn & Buddy Dunn; Mr. Dunn is survived by his wife of 68+ years, Mae Dunn of Phila, MS; (3) daughters, Beth Majure of Phila, MS, Susan Ellingburg of Phila, MS & Melissa Gannon of Newton, MS; (6) grandchildren, Kelly Fulton, Krystle Seales, Kevin Fulton, Jennifer Carter, Shannon McBeath & Mackenzie Gannon; (7) great-grandchildren, Riley, Tanner, Jax, Damien, Tyler, Ian & Summer; host of nieces & nephews.

MR. HORACE DUNN

February 3, 1922 - July 23, 2014