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68, of Waco, passed away peacefully Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, at her home. Graveside services
will be 11 a.m. Friday at Waco Memorial Park Cemetery with Father John T. Wells
officiating. Bonnie was born July 21, 1943, in Waco, Texas, to James and Leoma Gunn.
She graduated from Waco High School in 1961 and had recently attended her 50th High
School Reunion.She loved ocean cruises and swimming with the Dolphins. She especially
loved her four dogs. Bonnie worked for the City of Waco and retired from the State of
Texas, Child Protective Services in 2005, after 30 years of service. She was preceded in
death by her parents; a sister, Eva Gunn Miller; and numerous aunts and uncles. She is
survived by her cousins, Frances House Carter and Carolyn Gunn; her caring friends, Jim
and Carol Lowe and Tim and Vicki Watson. Memorials may be made to the Waco
Humane Society, Fuzzy Friends Rescue or the American Cancer Society
Bonnie S. Gunn
71, died Monday, April 25, 2005 at Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah,
Georgia. She was born in Stephens county Georgia and grew up in Toccoa Georgia. Mrs.
Gunn was a longtime resident of Port Wentworth and was a member of the Port
Wentworth Christian Missionary Alliance Church. She was retired from Union Camp
Corporation and presently employed with H&R Block. Surviving is her son, Kelly Gunn of
Port Wentworth, daughters, Jimmie Sue Gunn of Port Wentworth, Tammy Saturday of
Meldrim, three sisters, one brother, five grandchildren , four great grandchildren and
several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be Tuesday, April 26, 2005 from 6-8 p.m. at Fox
and Weeks Funeral Directors Hodgson Chapel. Graveside Services will be Wednesday,
April 27, 2005 at 1 p.m. in the Greenwich Section of Bonaventure Cemetery. Savannah
Morning News, April 26, 2005
Booker T. Gunn
Booker T. Gunn, 79, of 500 JEB Stuart Road, Martinsville, died Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2002,
at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Born Dec. 2, 1922, in
Tuskegee, Ala., he graduated from Tuskegee High School and attended Tuskegee Institute.
After school, Gunn made a career of the military, serving in World War II, the Korean
Conflict and two terms in Vietnam. In 1973 he retired with the rank of chief warrant after
30 years in the Navy and Army. After a stint as an automotive mechanic at a Buick
dealership in Annapolis, Md., and attending the GM Institute of Automotive Management,
Gunn accepted a Buick dealership in Martinsville in 1981. He owned and operated Gunn
Buick for 12 years, and became involved in a number of local organizations. Gunn was a
past president of the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce, was elected to the
board of directors of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, had served on the board of the
Virginia Museum of Natural History and the Patrick Henry Community College Education
Foundation and on the board of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Martinsville and Henry
County.He had served as the Roanoke Chapter Commander of the Military Order of
World Wars and was a member of the Disabled American Veterans, the Men"s
Roundtable Club and Bethel United Way of the Cross Church in Danville where he was a
deacon. In addition to his parents, Johnny Gunn and Anna Perry Gunn, he was preceded
in death by his wife, Elizabeth Pinkney Gunn; a brother, Henry Hoover Gunn, and two
sisters, Anna Nurse and Annie Mae Johnson. Surviving are five sons, Booker T. Gunn Jr.