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John Murl Dunahoo

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John Murl Dunahoo

Birth
Ridgeway, Hopkins County, Texas, USA
Death
3 Aug 1994 (aged 71)
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
Burial
Ridgeway, Hopkins County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Mr. Dunahoo died late Wednesday,
Aug. 3, 1994 at his residence, following an
extended illness.
He was born Oct. 14, 1922, in
Ridgeway, the son of John Riley and
Iona Clemmons Dunahoo. He mar-
ried Rosa Nell Philips on March 1,
1943, in Cumby. She survives.He began his teaching
career in 1947, in the Corpus Christi
' Public School System and became
Associate Vocational Director of the
Del Mar Technical Institution in
1965. He returned to ETSU in 1970,
and taught there until his retirement in
1985. Mr. Dunahoo was an active
member of Gafford Chapel United
Methodist Church, president of the
Ridgeway Cemetery Society, active
member of Retired Teachers Associ-
ation and the American Association
of Retired Persons and a member of
Sulphur Springs Masonic Lodge #221
AF&AM.
Mr. Dunahoo was a Navy veteran
of WWII, during which he served as
a pilot.
Other survivors include two sons,
Riley Dunahoo of Cumby and Bob
Dunahoo of Plano; one daughter,
Susan Walton of Augusta, Ga.; three
grandchildren, Terri Dunahoo, Shelly
Bunjevac and Joshua Walton; one
Memorials may be made to the
American Heart Association.
Mr. Dunahoo died late Wednesday,
Aug. 3, 1994 at his residence, following an
extended illness.
He was born Oct. 14, 1922, in
Ridgeway, the son of John Riley and
Iona Clemmons Dunahoo. He mar-
ried Rosa Nell Philips on March 1,
1943, in Cumby. She survives.He began his teaching
career in 1947, in the Corpus Christi
' Public School System and became
Associate Vocational Director of the
Del Mar Technical Institution in
1965. He returned to ETSU in 1970,
and taught there until his retirement in
1985. Mr. Dunahoo was an active
member of Gafford Chapel United
Methodist Church, president of the
Ridgeway Cemetery Society, active
member of Retired Teachers Associ-
ation and the American Association
of Retired Persons and a member of
Sulphur Springs Masonic Lodge #221
AF&AM.
Mr. Dunahoo was a Navy veteran
of WWII, during which he served as
a pilot.
Other survivors include two sons,
Riley Dunahoo of Cumby and Bob
Dunahoo of Plano; one daughter,
Susan Walton of Augusta, Ga.; three
grandchildren, Terri Dunahoo, Shelly
Bunjevac and Joshua Walton; one
Memorials may be made to the
American Heart Association.


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