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MACON, GA - Rev. Willie Frank Gunn, Sr., 88, of 675 Bell Avenue, peacefully entered into
eternal rest on Saturday, July 23, 2005. Funeral services will be 2P.M. Thursday, July 28, at
Holsey Temple CME, Macon. Burial will be in Saints Rest Cemetery. -Rev. Gunn was born in
Dunbar, Georgia in 1917 and has lived in Macon for the past 73 years. Rev. Gunn is a
member of Holsey Temple CME Church and was formerly a member of Harmony Baptist
Church where he served as assistant pastor. He was employed at the Macon Hospital for 30
years and retired from Charlie Wood Sporting Goods after over 30 years of service. -Rev.
Gunn was preceded in death by his daughter, Pamela Joyce Gunn and his son, Robert James
Gunn. -Rev. Gunn is survived by his devoted wife of 64 years, Mattie Lena Pinkett Gunn;
three sons, Willie Frank (Theodora) Gunn, Jr. of Columbia SC, Edward Eugene (Delores)
Gunn of Dale City, VA, Gregory Wayne Gunn of Macon; three daughters, Sandra Gunn
(Joseph) Shakespeare, Gwendolyn Gunn (Charlie) Simmons, Brenda Gunn Jenkins of
Macon; two sisters, Odessa Tarver of Detroit, MI, Ruby Mae Cross of Macon; one
brother-in-law, Eddie Pinkett of Detroit, MI; twenty-one grandchildren, twenty-two great
grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and devoted loved ones. -Family contact:
675 Bell Avenue -Hutchings Service Willie Gunn, Sr.
Willie James Gunn
OKOLONA - Willie James "Clayton" "Pete" Gunn, 72, died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, at the
Darlington Oaks Hospice in Verona, Mississippi. He was born April 10, 1936, to Warren and
Celia Gunn. He was a singer with various gospel groups including, Sensational Traveling Six,
Traveling Stars, Pilgrim Jubilees, Flim and the Supreme Angels, and the Southern Wonders.
He enjoyed hunting and fishing and really loved singing. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday
at the Freewill Gospel Temple in Amory with the Rev. Willis Dobbs officiating. Burial will be
in the Okolona Cemetery. Williams Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of the
arrangements.Survivors include his wife, Mary Ford Gunn of Okolona; one sister, Ollie
Johnson (J.T.) of Okolona; his children, Willie Gunn Jr., Maxine Dean, Donely Gunn, George
and Betty Gunn, and Michelle and Bobby Garth, all of West Point, James and Karen
Hubbard of Madison, Wis., Mary and Humphris Kelly of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Wardell and
Coretta Gunn of Baldwyn, Sterling and Rita Gunn of Columbus, Jeremiah and Kimmie Gunn
of Alaska, Mary and Tyrone Hampton of Wren, Warren and Mayo Lewis of New Mexico,
Sharon Gunn and Calvin Gunn, both of Indianapolis, Ind., Marcus Love of Vicksburg,
Kennedy Love of South Bend and Mary Blanchard of Tupelo; his stepchildren, Roy Hill,
Dollie Hill, and Oliver and Tameka Hill, all of Okolona, Dorothy and Rick McPeek of Ohio,
Hudson and Helen Hill of Amory, James and Joyce Hill of Holly Springs, Janice and Carmen
Perry, and Bertha Babbitt, all of Tupelo, Sandra and Richard Deanes of Cedar Bluff, and
John and Marlene Babbitt of Texas; a host of grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.Visitation
will be from 2 to 6 p.m. today.
Willie Lou Gunn,
67, of Chicago died Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 in Chicago. Funeral services are planned for
Thursday, Sept. 23 at 1 p.m. at Bethlehem Baptist Church of Valley with the Revs. R. L.
Carter, W. G. Wimberly, C. Chambers, Joe C. McGhee and A. A. Booker officiating. Burial
will follow at Burrell Chapel Cemetery. Mrs. Gunn is survived by her husband, Walter Lee
Gunn of Chicago; her son, Regis Woodson of Chicago; two daughters, Regina Woodson and
Sheleeka Gunn, both of Chicago; a special granddaughter, Andrea Woodson of Chicago; a