Daniel O. Dunagan 1938 - 2024

 

Daniel O. Dunagan

October 26, 1938 — January 4, 2024

Daniel O. Dunagan

  Daniel O. Dunagan, also known as Dan, to loved ones, passed away on January 4, 2024. He was born on October 26, 1938, in Reidsville, NC. Dan was a remarkable individual who left an indelible mark on the agriculture industry, having dedicated 45 years of his life to his career as the Vice President of Platte Chemicals. 

  Dan's strong work ethic and passion for agriculture were evident throughout his career. He was highly respected by his colleagues and played a crucial role in the growth and success of the company. His dedication and expertise were instrumental in shaping the industry's landscape.

  However, beyond his professional achievements, Dan was remembered for his infectious sense of humor and quick wit. He had a special talent for bringing joy to those around him with his "Danisms" - witty remarks and quips that would lighten any room he entered. His jovial nature made him a beloved figure among family, friends, and colleagues alike.

  When not working tirelessly or making others laugh, Dan found solace in pursuing his hobbies and interests. He was an avid golfer who dedicated himself to the sport daily. His skill on the green even earned him the opportunity to participate in the Deposit Guaranty PGA Pro AM twice – a testament to his talent and commitment. A special activity to him was participating in packing Operation Christmas Child boxes.  

  Dan's passing leaves a void not only in the agriculture industry but also in the lives of those who knew him best. He will be deeply missed by his wife Janice Dunagan, three daughters Dawn Perry (Joe), Danelle Cruz (Javier), Amy McLaurin (Neill), along with his cherished grandchildren Brandon McMillian, Josie McLaurin, Blake Burgess, and Maggie McLaurin.

  In addition to his immediate family members, Dan is survived by his brother Darryl Dunagan, brother Todd Dunagan, and sister Lynn Dunagan. He was preceded in death by his parents, Hubert and Rebekah Dunagan and sister Janet Duffee. Daniel is descended from Ezekiel Dunagan 1771 - 1836  of Hall County GA, James Reid Dunagan and Ezekiel Parks Dunagan and Susan O’Neal (which is where the middle initial of O comes from )also of Hall County GA.

  To honor Dan's memory and celebrate his life, visitation services will be held on January 10, 2024, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at Arrington Funeral Directors and Crematory located at 148 W University Pkwy in Jackson, TN. This will be followed by a funeral service at the same location from 11:00 AM officiated by Rev. Gary Snuffin. Burial will follow in Ridgecrest Cemetery.

  Dan was an exceptional individual whose contributions to the agriculture industry will never be forgotten. His warm personality, dedication, and kindness touched the lives of everyone he encountered. He leaves behind a legacy of hard work, laughter, and love that will continue to inspire those who had the privilege of knowing him. May his soul rest in eternal peace.

  The family has requested that memorial contributions be directed to Calvary Baptist Church, 119 Oilwell Rd., Jackson, TN 38305 www.calvaryofjackson.com

Mary Lynette Ladd Beasley

Mary Lynette "Ladd" Beasley Obituary Date: Tuesday, December 26, 2023 Mary Lynette (Ladd) Beasley, age 74, of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 26th, 2023. She was born on November 22nd, 1949, in Gainesville Georgia to Hoytt and Lucille Dunagan Ladd.  

Passionate about education, she graduated from South Hall High School as a member of the National Beta Club. She also graduated from Shorter College with a Bachelor’s in Music, University of Georgia with a Master’s in Fine Arts and Brenau University with a Master’s in Continuing Education with a certification for Early Childhood Education. She taught at First Presbyterian Preschool and North Georgia Christian School. She dedicated her career to sharing her love of education and Christian values with the next generation. She is well remembered for having touched the hearts and minds of countless students. 

 Family was of the upmost importance to Mary, who went to great lengths to ensure everyone was taken care of. She adored her family immensely. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Winfred Ladd, and sister, Deborah Ann Ladd. Mary is survived by her sons William Brandon Beasley (wife Lauren Beasley) and Nathan Beasley (fiancé Kayla Broten); her granddaughters Alexandra Ivey and Josephine Beasley; her great granddaughter Elise Ivey. 

 The family will receive family and friends from 12:00 to 2:00 pm on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024, at Memorial Park Riverside Chapel. The funeral service will be at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024, in the Memorial Park Riverside Chapel with interment to follow at Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery. Memorial Park Riverside Chapel 989 Riverside Drive Gainesville, Georgia is in charge of arrangements. 

HOYT WINFRED LADD, Jr.

Mr. Hoyt Winfred Ladd, Jr., age 74, of Bremen, Georgia went to heaven on Tuesday, November 8, 2016.

Winfred was born in Gainesville, Georgia on May 15, 1942, the son of the late Hoyt Winfred Ladd, Sr. and Lucille Dunagan Ladd. He received a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Georgia. Winfred was beloved by his co-workers at the Georgia Department of Corrections where he worked in Business Administration in a lifetime career until his retirement in 1991. He loved the Lord and cherished his church family at West Hills Church. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. In 1967-1968 Winfred spent time in Germany serving our country in the United States Army. He enjoyed the outdoors and hunting along with guns and cars.

He is survived by his loving wife of thirty nine years, Lynn Pointer Ladd; daughter, Courtney Ladd, Stone Mountain, Georgia, son and daughter in love, Blake and Hannah Ladd, and grandchildren, Emmalynne, Wyatt and Hattie Ladd all of Bremen, Georgia sister, Lynette Beasley, Gainesville, Georgia. Many brothers and sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, cousins and friends also survive.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his infant sister, Debra Ladd, Gainesville, Georgia.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, November 11, 2016 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m.

A Celebration of Life Service will be conducted on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at West Hills Church in Villa Rica, Georgia, 11 a.m. with Pastors Tyler Brown and Marty McClain officiating. Carson Ray and Hannah Ladd will provide the music with Shelton Hill, Gail Martin, Courtney Ladd and Blake Ladd serving as Eulogists.

A private interment service was held prior to the Celebration of Life Service.

In lieu of flowers the family respectfully requests contributions be made to your choice of a Christian Ministry.
J. Collins Funeral Home & Cremation Service in charge of the arrangements.

McDowell Family

 

Mcdowell Family History

Mcdowell Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill ‘son of Dubhghall’, a byname meaning ‘dark stranger’, used among the Gaels to distinguish the darker-haired Danes from fair-haired Norwegians. This is the usual Irish spelling of this name, while McDougall is the usual Scottish spelling. However, McDowall is also common in south west Scotland and a prominent

Galloway family with this name first appear in the historical record in the late 13th century

Mcdowell Family History

Mcdowell Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill ‘son of Dubhghall’, a byname meaning ‘dark stranger’, used among the Gaels to distinguish the darker-haired Danes from fair-haired Norwegians. This is the usual Irish spelling of this name, while McDougall is the usual Scottish spelling. However, McDowall is also common in south west Scotland and a prominent Galloway family with this name first appear in the historical record in the late 13th century

DAR Dedication Sandra Dunagan Deal

 DAR Daughters of the American Revolution 

DUNAGAN FAMILY REUNION 2023

 

Darlene Dunagan Scruggs gave a presentation on her research of Lydia Anne Brown Dunagan, Ezekiel Dunagan’s first wife and also Frederick Dunagan, first son of Joseph Ellis and Lucinda Beal Dunagan.

https://mydunaganrootsandbranches.com/.

Stories and Histories about the Dunagan's of Georgia and Related Families

There was also discussion of maintaining historical grave sites in the local and Northeast Georgia area. I have ordered a temporary sign for Ezekiel Dunagan grave site located in East Hall County. Michael Dunagan and Andy Dunagan will be placing sign to show directions to the grave site near Dunagan Chapel.

Asbery Dunigan/Buffington

The Dunagan Family

Monday, January 30, 2012

Ezekiel Jackson Dunagan, Jr.

Ezekiel was a popular name among Dunagan families that came from the Ezekiel Dunagan (1771-1836) and Lydia Ann Brown union of 1792, in Jackson County, later known as Hall County, Georgia. A lot of people refer to this Ezekiel(1771-1836) as Ezekiel Jackson Dunagan but in reality he was known simply as Ezekiel Dunagan with no middle name given. Ezekiel had 19 children, 13 with Lydia and he named his 9th child Ezekiel Jackson Dunagan, born in 1811, in Hall County, Georgia, and died in 1881, and is buried on the old homeplace near the north Oconee River in the eastern part of Hall County Georgia.

This Ezekiel Jackson Dunagan (1811-1881) married Lucinda Thompson and listed in the 1850 Federal Census they had two sons: Ezekiel Jackson Dunagan, age 7, and Joseph F. Dunagan, age 4. By the 1860 Federal Census they had a total of five children:

E. J. Dunagan (17)

Joseph Dunagan (13)

Martha Dunagan (8)

William Dunagan (5)

Lucinda Dunagan (2)

Ezekiel Jackson Dunagan, Sr. was around 49 years old and probably two old for conscription into the Confederate Army, but the younger Ezekiel Jackson Dunagan, Jr. was 17 in 1860 and I found military records where he enlisted in 1862, as a corporal, in Company B, Georgia 24th Calvary Battalion, CSA. He also took a bride the same year when he married Nancy Evans in 1862, also of Hall County, Georgia. However, I could not determine if he saw any action in the war because the Calvary Battalion did not muster until 18 Feb 1864. It is possible that he served with what they called the Home Guard during this time but records are not very detailed.

The next time we find Ezekiel Jackson Dunagan, Jr. (1843-?) and Nancy Evans Dunagan, they were in Marshall, Mississippi. The 1870 Federal Census shows the following people living in the household:

E. J. Dunegan (28)

Nancy Dunegan (27)

Colley Dunegan (7)

Julia Dunegan (5)

Martha Dunegan (2)

Louis Dunegan (30) (Black)

Asbery Dunegan (20) (Black)

John Garoy (40)

The photo above was given to Hannah Barber-Abraham by her Grandmother, Mary E. Dunagan-Barber. Hannah states that she was told that this is Ezekiel Dunagan, the man sitting in the chair, and that the two young men on either side of Ezekiel are his sons by one of his slaves. Even though I did find in the 1820 Federal census that Ezekiel Dunagan (1771-1836) of Hall County, Georgia, owned four slaves, one black adult male, one black adult female and two black females under the age of fourteen, this photo could not be of this Ezekiel (1771-1836) because he died in 1836 and the still camera was not invented until 1837. I am not sure who the man in the photo is but you can see from the census of 1870 that there were two black men, Louis and Asbery, listed as living in the household of Ezekiel Jackson Dunagan and Nancy Evans Dunagan and they had apparently taken the Dunagan last name. There is no way to know for sure whether these two young men are descendants of the first Ezekiel Dunagan unless we were able to locate one of their descendants and test the DNA. However, it was not uncommon for former slaves to take the last name of the slave owner.

By 1880, still living in Marshall, MS, Federal Census shows the following family members living in the same household, the last name is spelled differently:

E. J. Donigan (35)

Nancy E. Donigan (36)

Julia E. Donigan (15)

Martha E. Donigan (12)

Mary E. Donigan (10)

Beulah E. Donigan (4)

Thomas J. Donigan (2)

Ezekiel Jackson Dunagan, Jr. and Nancy Evans Dunagan

I haven't been able to locate Ezekiel Jackson Dunagan and Nancy Evans Dunagan in the 1890 census but they are still living in Marshall, MS in 1900 and they had added a son, William Albert Dunagan (17), between the 1880 and 1900 census.

The next census in 1910, shows Ezekiel Jackson Dunagan, widowed, living in Memphis, TN, with only two of his children:

Beulah Dunagan (28)

W. Albert Dunagan (26)

RECEIVED THIS FROM A DESCENDANT FROM ASBERY DUNIGAN LISTED IN THE CENSUS SHOWN ABOVE. 

 1870- Asbery Dunigan age 19 (Is my g-grandfather Asbery Buffington working on the Dunnigan farm, the census list two black men, Louis and Asbery listed as living in the household of Ezekiel Jackson Dunagan. It was common for the census taker to only recorded the head of house surnamee; The face that Elizabeth Buffington is living next door is evident of their close relationship among the Evans, Dunigans, & Buffington as well as Asbery Buffington)

The Asbery Dunagan listed is my great grandfather Asbery Buffington. He was born a slave in the Buffington family in Hall County, GA and was transported to Marshall County, MS via wagon carvan with the family along with Cinn Buffington. Ezekiel Jackson Dunagan married Nancy Evans, daughter of Shopia Buffington and A.M. Evans. He was working on the Dunagan farm at the time, and as often was the practice, the census taker recorded black workers under the same surname as the head of house. I am a direct descendant of Asbery Dunagan/Buffington my DNA profile is on Ancestry. Please contact me at bouche92@hotmail.com for more information.


This is what I know: Asberry Buffington born a slave abt. 1856 Hall County, Georgia d. 5/221947 Marshall County, Ms. 

1850 Hall County, GA Slave Census: Ellis Buffington had 29 slaves all listed as “B”. 

Massa Buffington had 5 slaves all listed as “B”.
1860- Hall County, GA Slave Census: W.J. Buffington had 5 slaves 1 “Mu” male age 12 (unlikely Asbery based on age).

Berrian Buffington had 11 slaves 4 Mu/males (The youngest is 15 therefore unlikely to be Asbery) ***There is a note B. Buffington Adm of 10 heirs)
Note by E. Pace - employer (can’t make out the word?) of Buffington owners. He had 20 slaves, 3 Mu/males, 1 Mu/male age 4 (This could be Asbery which leaves the question who are his parents? I’m looking for any information about his parents or siblings from Georgia).

-On the 1850 and 1860 Census William Buffington, Ellis Buffington, Berrian Buffington, A.M. Evans, T. ?. Dennigan, are all neighbors.
Sometime after the civil war about 1866, it is documented that some 30 families came from Hall and Jackson County, GA to Marshall County, MS in a caravan of wagons. Quite a few families came at that time including Buffington, Evans, Dennigan, Gilmore, Gilmers, and Littlejohns
Elizabeth Buffington, Berrian Buffington, William Ellis Buffington, A.M. Evans, E.J. Dunigan all came to MS from GA and bought slaves with them.

To share information contact me at bouche92@hotmail.com.