Gunn Obituaries - My (New) Homepage

He was a member of the West Frankfort Police Auxiliary and was currently President of
the East Fork Cemetery Board. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of
Thompsonville. He was a member of the Miramar Police Department, Captain of the
Hialeah Police Reserves, a member of the American Legion, the Elks Club and Moose
Lodge, Shriners and Past Master Mason of the Masonic Lodge, all of Hialeah, Fl. Also the
Hialeah Optismist Club, and was a Hialeah City Councilmen, where he made his home for
forty years. He owned and operated Gunn"s Appliance Service. In 1988 he returned to
Thompsonville to follow in his fathers footsteps to be a farmer. In 2002, he was honored as
being chosen WSIL Channel 3 "Unsung Hero." Mr. Gunn served in the United States Navy
during the Korean War and attained the rank of Chief Petty Officer. Funeral services will
be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003, at the First Baptist Church in
Thompsonville, with the Rev. David Schlag and the Rev. Don Wilburn officiating. Burial
will be in the East Fork Cemetery. Friends may call after 5 p.m. on Wednesday to the
Parker-Reedy Funeral Home in West Frankfort and after 9 a.m. on Thursday at the
church. Masonic Rites will be conducted at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home by
the Akin Masonic Lodge. Military rites will be conducted at the cemetery by the American
Legion of Thompsonville. Memorials can be made to the Franklin County Sheriff"s
Department Youth Programs and will be accepted at the funeral home or the Sheriff"s
Department.
James L. Gunn
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Christian Union Congregational
Church in West Groton for James L. Gunn, a former principal and superintendent of
schools in Vermont and Massachusetts. Mr. Gunn, formerly of Groton, died Sept. 20 in his
daughter's home in Westhampton. He was 81 and lived in Venice, Fla. Born in Weare,
N.H., he was a graduate of Weare High School and Springfield College. He received a
master's degree in education from the University of Vermont. Mr. Gunn served as athletics
director and assistant principal at the Hardwick Academy in Hardwick, Vt., from 1931 to
1937. He was also principal of Vermont high schools in Marshfield, Bristol, and Newport
City He was superintendent of schools in Windham, Vt., from the late 1940s to the mid-
1950s, and was superintendent of Groton schools for the next 16 years. Mr. Gunn retired
and moved to Florida in 1971. He was president of the Ridgewood Park Mobile Home
Association in Venice, Fla., and was a member of the Hardwick Masonic Lodge. He leaves
his wife, Euthecia (Spencer); four daughters, Constance Richardson of Scituate, Euthecia
Hancewicz of Westhampton, Deborah Smyth of Clarksburg, Md., and Priscilla Ryan of
Somerville; two sisters, Amelia Leeds of Weare and Pauline Heath of Oceanside, Calif.;
and six grandchildren.
James L. "Peter" Gunn, Sr.
Hattiesburg, MS - Services will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday at The Church of Jesus of
Latter Day Saints for Mr. James L. "Peter" Gunn, Sr., 80 of Hattiesburg. He died
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at Regency Hospital. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery
with military honors. Mr. Gunn retired as building operator with Hercules, Inc. He served
in the US Navy during the Korean War and was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles & Naomi Gatlin
Gunn and a brother, Charles L. Gunn, Jr. He is survived by his wife, Sandra Parker