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Loraine Priscilla Gunn
REIDSVILLE - Ms. Lorraine Priscilla Gunn, formerly of Reidsville, died Thursday morning
November 17, 2005 in Tampa Bay, Florida. The family may be contacted at the residence of
Quintin and Deborah McAlister, 221 La La Drive. Funeral arrangements are pending at
Johnson & Sons. Published in The Reidsville Review, Eden Daily News, or Madison Messenger
from 11/18/2005 - 11/20/2005.
Lorene Gunn
Mrs. Lorene Gunn, 81, of 1309 Grace Ave., Panama City, Fla., died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2000, at
her daughter"s home in Atlantic Beach, Fla. She had been a resident of the area since 1972,
coming here from Orlando, Fla. Mrs. Gunn was a member of Central Baptist Church and
former member of the Eastern Star of Fort Benning, Ga. She was a registered "Yellow Dog
Democrat." As this "Yellow Dog Democrat" said in casting her last absentee ballot when asked
to consider voting for a Republican said, "No one could trust them." Mrs. Gunn also enjoyed
following the Atlanta Braves, watching soap operas and reading the National Enquirer. She
is survived by three daughters, Maudine Sterling Kaufman and her husband Jarold of Atlantic
Beach, and Gloria Gunn Spain and Anita Joy Gunn, both of Panama City; two sons, Larry Joe
Gunn of Callaway, Fla., and Jerry William Gunn of Panama City; eight grandchildren,
William E. Gunn, Terry Gunn and Dana G. McMullen, all of Merritt Island, Fla., Robert E.
Sterling of Jacksonville Beach, Fla., Richard Lee Sterling of Atlantic Beach, Lisa Gunn Furst
and Curtis Gunn Marcott, all of Orlando, and Kim Spain Mosley of Atlanta; and eight greatgrandchildren.
Funeral service will be held at noon Wednesday, Dec. 13, at Kent-Forest Lawn
Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bruce Raley officiating. Interment will follow at
Evergreen Memorial Gardens. Asked to serve as active pallbearers are Ricky Sterling, Bobby
Sterling, Billy Gunn, Clyde Smith, Terry Gunn and Jarold Kaufman. The family will receive
friends at the funeral home today, Dec. 12, from 6 to 8 p.m. Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home
Panama City, Fla. 32402 2403 Harrison Ave. 763-4694
Lorene E. Gunn,
90, of Parma, Ohio, formerly of Flushing, Ohio, died Thursday, June 9, 2005 in Parma. She
was born Oct. 7, 1914 in Perkins, W.Va., a daughter of the late Oliver L. and Amy Gay Frame
White. Lorene was a former school teacher and a clerk for McNeal"s Goods of Flushing. In
addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, John White, and her sisters,
Mary White and Edna Norman. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Martin (Billie Jo) Purtiman
of Parma, a grandson, Franklin (Teresa) Purtiman of Lexington, Ohio, and two brothers,
Bernard (Josephine) White and Arthur L. White, both of Charleston, W.Va. Friends will be
received Monday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Beck-Altmeyer Funeral Home and Crematory in
St. Clairsville, Ohio. A graveside funeral service will then be held, Monday at noon, in Rock
Hill Cemetery, Flushing, Ohio, with Rev. Bob Merritt officiating. Online condolences may be
offered to the family at www.altmeyer.com.
Lorenzo Gunn,
a retired biology and general science teacher at Alcee Fortier High School, died Sunday of a
stroke at University Hospital. He was 72. Mr. Gunn was born in Fulton City, Tenn., and lived
in Baltimore for many years and in New Orleans for the past 25 years. He graduated from
Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore and Morehouse College in Atlanta and received