John Dempsey Dunagan, 86

L-R Dunagan brothers, George J. Dunagan and J. Dempsey Dunagan

Obituary Date

July 12, 2012

Location

Memorial Park, Gainesville, GA

Obituary

July 12, 2012

John Dempsey Dunagan, age 86 of Gainesville, passed away on Thursday Morning, July 12, 2012 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following an extended illness.

            

Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 2:30 pm in the Chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home with interment to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.  Reverend Drewery Loggins will officiate.  The family will receive friends on Friday, July 13, 2012 from 7 – 9 pm at the funeral home.

            

Mr. Dunagan was born November 30, 1925 in Gainesville, Georgia to the late Andrew Dunagan and Mellie Cochran Dunagan.  He was retired from Gilford Mill as a Textile Mechanic.  Dempsey was a member of Corinth Baptist Church and a member of Murrayville Masonic Lodge. 

            

Mr. Dunagan is survived by his wife of 62 years, Bonnie Dunagan of Gainesville, son, Randall Dunagan of Gainesville, daughter, Elaine Archer of Gainesville, daughters & sons-in-laws, Marilyn & Randy Steadman of Kingsport, Tennessee and Patricia & Ricky Moore of Belton, South Carolina, grandchildren, Jamie & Casey Dyer, Shane Free, John Armour and Leeza Summers, great-grandchildren, Savanna Dyer, Hanna Dyer, Braden Armour, Mason Free and Luke Free. 

(John Dempsey Dunagan is the youngest brother of my father, George J. Dunagan and the last of the siblings to pass, descended from William Andrew Dunagan/Jeter Andrew Dunagan/John Franklin Dunagan/Joseph Ellis Dunagan/Ezekiel Dunagan and Lydia Ann Brown.)