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years young. Mrs. Gunn spent her working career as a teacher for the state of Florida, and
continued to substitute teach and volunteer for both the Florida and North Carolina public
school systems long after retirement. She was a graduate of Auburn University and an avid
football fan (War Eagle). Mrs. Gunn was preceded in death by her husband, William
Cantrell Gunn. She is survived by her sister, Rebecca C. O'Grady; one daughter, Rebecca
Gunn Greene; two sons, James Nicholas Gunn and Eugene Louis O'Grady Jr. (wife Tyler
O'Grady); four grandchildren, Ashley R. Inman, Brandi L. Inman, Tilmoth H (Trip)
Inman III, and Grace Margaret O'Grady, along with multiple nieces and nephews. Mrs.
Gunn donated her body to science in hopes of helping others. A Celebration of Life for
friends and family will be held in her honor in January of 2008.
Annie Lou Gunn May
WALNUT, Tn- Annie Lou Gunn May, 86, homemaker, died Tuesday at Tippah County
Nursing Home in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Walnut Methodist Church,
where she was a member, with burial in Harmony Cemetery. McBride Funeral Home in
Ripley has charge. Mrs. May, the widow of Frank May, leaves a daughter, Rebecca
Braddock of Walnut, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Commercial
Appeal, Memphis Tn., Jan 31, 2002
Annie Mae White Gunn
departed this life on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Regency Healthcare and Rehabilitation
Center, Yorktown, Va. Her life began on Nov. 30, 1930, the daughter of the late Dorothy
White Hodge Brandon and John White, of Danville, Va. She had resided in the Peninsula
area for many years. In 1994, Annie retired from BASF Corporation, where she was a
member of the Conductive Fibers Quality Circle and Fire Brigade. She was a faithful
servant of God and a devoted member of Shiloh Baptist Church, in Yorktown, Va. She was
a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, mother-in-law and aunt. She was
deeply loved and respected by her children, and will be sincerely missed by everyone who
knew her. She was also preceded in death by her spouse, Robert Gunn; her brothers,
Herbert White and John White; her sister, Bernice Walton; and a daughter, Mary J.
Cooke. Left to cherish her fond memory, are her two sons, Curtis Gunn (Teresa) and
Clyde Gunn (Diane); her daughter, Sarah Lopez (Sydney); her son-in-law, Herbert J.
Cooke; her grandchildren, whom she raised as her own, Herbert Jerome Cooke Jr.
(Brenda) and LaNora Perkins (Charles); her other grandchildren; her
great-grandchildren; and a host of other loving relatives and many caring friends. A
homecoming celebration will be held at noon Saturday, March 10, 2012, at Shiloh Baptist
Church, 11053 George Washington Highway, with the Rev. Barbara Lemon officiating.
Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Gunn may be viewed only in the church
beginning at 11 a.m., until the hour of her service. In lieu of flowers, Mrs. Gunn had
requested that memorial donations, in expressions of sympathy, be made to Shiloh Baptist
Church (Building Fund), 11053 George Washington Memorial Highway, Yorktown, VA
23690. Professional service entrusted to the staff of Whiting's Funeral Home, 7005
Pocahontas Trail, Williamsburg, VA 23185, 757-229-3011.