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coupons: She remarked in 2007, "2-for-1 sales are almost a disease!" She looked forward to
each fall, when she would wash the kitchen windows, on the outside, sitting on the window
sill with her husband holding her by the knees. And when she had finished she would stand,
smiling, viewing the woods beyond with great satisfaction. Braiding rugs, stitching quilts,
cleaning curtains kept in use for forty years, ironing, knitting, and sewing on a 50-year-old
Singer Featherweight were all welcome pastimes. Her 20 rose bushes were both a joy and a
bane, with their weeding, and spraying, and fertilizing. Her pleasure was cutting one longstemmed
Sunset Celebration, putting it in a small tall vase of clear glass, and taking it to a
friend. A fan of the New Beetle, she was invigorated driving it at maximum legal speeds and
had no patience for "that elderly driver who doesn" t know where she is going." A lover of
history and the unique story of the Moravians, she was an eager communicator to children
during her 25 years of working at Old Salem as an interpreter at Winkler Bakery and a
school-tour guide. "What do you think was there, before that house was built?" she would
ask. As recently as last Saturday (October 25, 2008) she asked her great nephews, Ethan and
Titus Peltola, this question, as she guided family visitors from Oregon, through Old Salem to
the water pump handle, the gunsmith shop, and the bakery. Across her 50 years as a resident
of Winston-Salem she can claim involvement in the Samaritan Soup Kitchen, Forsyth
Hospital Surgery Waiting Room (receptionist), Meals on Wheels, and recently the Crisis
Control Ministry (intake volunteer) for citizens facing financial crises. As a member of
Highland Presbyterian Church, she saw a long-time dream of hers fulfilled in the creation
and care of the Memorial Garden on Magnolia Street, for the perpetual remembering of
prior members" lives. And she loved her family. The favorite quote of hers were the words of
one son when, at age 4 with the mumps, he said to her, "Mamma is a sweet boy." Ginny" s
immediate family today is: Charles Gunn, Jr., husband, of the home, sons Thomas Josiah
Gunn, of Chapel Hill, NC, Charles G. Gunn III, wife Edeltraud, and daughter Lucia, of
Falkensee, Germany, David Gunn and wife, Dana Dougherty, of Washington, DC, and Bruce
Gunn and wife Beth, of Swannanoa, NC, and their daughters Casey Newton and husband
Jared Newton of Nashville, TN, Tamara Gunn of Los Angeles, CA, and Mary Evelyn Gunn
of the home. Ginny" s younger sister Mary Jo Jackson Bratton died in 1998. Her children
are: Katie Bratton, of Greenville, NC, Jess Bratton, Jr., wife Tanya, and sons Michael,
Gregory, and Eugene of Moscow, Russia, and Jackson Bratton, of Raleigh, NC. Memorials
may be made (in lieu of flowers) to: Memorial GARDEN Fund, Highland Presbyterian
Church, 2380 Cloverdale Ave., Winston-Salem, NC 27103 and/or Crisis Control Ministry,
200 East Tenth Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101. There will be a memorial service for
Ginny at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, November 8, 2008, at Highland Presbyterian Church in
Winston-Salem.
Virginia “Ginny” Gunn
68, of Irving, TX, died Thursday, February 19, 2009 in Irving. Born June 8, 1940 in Miami,
Florida, she graduated from Coral Gables High School. A resident of Irving for 18 years, she
was a loss recovery/ bankruptcy supervisor for Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation for 16
years. Survived by her children Kelli Renae Gunn of Irving and Ed Gunn and wife Heidi of
Powell, Ohio; grandchildren, Hanna Grace Gunn and Ethan Edward Gunn; sister, Gloria
Irene Bunker and husband Wayne of Redlands, Florida; brother Raul Paul Garcia and wife
Alba of Miami; cousin and best friend Saynie Slimak of Irving; several nieces, nephews,
cousins and extended family. Funeral service will be 3:00 p.m. Sunday at Donnelly's Colonial