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veteran of the Korean War. Survivors: son, Joseph Ray, Orlando; daughters, Rena Gay
Thompson, Julie Kay Tobin, both of Orlando; brothers, Fred, Jessie, both of Dryden, Va.,
William Marion, Charles Marion, both of Pekin, Ind.; sisters, Reba Morrison, Indi ana,
Mary Ann Clark, Virginia; one grandchild. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Goldenrod.
Ray E. Gunn,
71, 724 Brookridge Ave.,Ames, Iowa, died here Sunday, Nov 6, 1951. He had been in ill
health for the past three weeks. Born in Napa, Calif.. Mr. Gunn graduated from the
University of California. He joined the- Robert Dollar Steamship Line and was sent to
Shanghai, then Hong Kong where he was manager for eight years. In 1927, .he returned to
the U.S., and joined the Iron Fireman Mfg. Co. as export-import manager. He later became
assistant general sales manager for the company and lived in Cleveland Ohio for 17 years.
He retired in 1947 and moved to Woodside, Calif., where he lived until the death of his first
wife, Mary, in 1951. He came to Ames in I954. Mr. Gunn had traveled widely, and had
acquired a collection- of furniture and antiques in his travels. His collection includes a
bronze vase dating before Christ and a vase from the Imperial Palace in China, hand carved
furniture and ivory and jade had been displayed in museums and libraries in this country.
He was a member of the International Knickerbocker Club, Rotary International, a charter
member and past president of the American Marketing Association and the past president of
the Story County Tuberculosis Association. Survivors include his wife, Hazel; two daughters,
Mrs. Nevin Kempthorne of Novato, Calif, and Mrs. Barbara Reinker of Cleveland, Oh.; six
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2
p.m. from St. John's Episcopal Church with the Rev. Paul Goodland officiating. Burial will
be in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Des Moine, Ia.
Ray Lee Gunn
DURHAM, NC -- Funeral services for Ray Lee 'Joe' Gunn', 73, will be held at 2 p.m.
Saturday at New Harris Grove Church, Bill Poole Road, Rougemont. Family visitation, 30
minutes prior to service. He retired after 20 years from Stanley Hedgspeth Carpet.
Survivors include sisters, Betty Mae Blackwell (Roland W) and Julia Marie Gunn; nieces,
Rhonda B. Neal (James R), Annie K. Guest (Scott) and Joylette Gunn; nephews, Willie King,
the Rev. J. Troy Blackwell (Kimberly W.) and Roland J. Blackwell. Viewing, 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. Friday at Fisher Funeral Parlor. Published May 14, 2010
Ray Wilson Gunn -
Nov 21, 2001 - Virginia - Charlottesville - Gunn, Ray Wilson, 75, a retired Virginia
Department of Transportation employee, widower of Marilyn Kress Gunn.Gazette-
Virginian, South Boston, Va 11-23-2001 - Ray Wilson Gunn - Ray Wilson Gunn, 75, of
Charlottesville, died November 18 at his home. Born December 2, 1925. in South Boston, he
was the son of the late R. W. and Lucy Meador Gunn and was married to Marilyn Kress
Gunn. Mr. Gunn graduated from Elon College and retired from the Virginia State Highway
Department, Highway Research Council, and attended Hinton Avenue Methodist Church.
Survivors include one son, Curtis A. Thompson of Boston, Ma.; one daughter, Valerie T.
Daniels of Prince George, one sister Davis of Chapel Hill, N.C.; one sister-in-law, Verna