  Mattie Jane Dunn 7 January 1866 - 1 April 1945  Nettie Sue Dunn 30 March 1870 - 8 September 1958  W. H. "Bill" Dunn 24 February 1880 - 13 March 1971  Bobbie Nelle Dunn 1921 - 2011  The Whitewright Sun Thursday, March 18, 1971 pg. 6 Services were held Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Mullican-Little Funeral Chapel in Bells for William Hempstead "Bill" Dunn, 91, who was dead on arrival at a Sherman hospital after suffering a stroke at his home Saturday morning. Services were conducted by Rev. Harry Stanley, former pastor of the First Baptist Church in Bells. He was assisted by Rev. Lawrence Smith, apstor of the First United Methodist Church. Burial was at Friendship Cemetery in Sherman. Mr. Dunn was born February 24, 1880 in Treemont, Mississippi, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Dunn. On August 9, 1900 he married Nettie Sue Willis in Canton. She preceded him in death September 8, 1958. He was also preceded in death by two sons and a daughter. He was a retired blacksmith and had lived in Bells for more than 50 years. He is surivived by one son, Burley Dunn, of Dallas; two daughters, Mrs. Fairy Ramsey of Bells, with whom he made his home; and Mrs. Ettice Stanfield of Dallas; two granddaughters whom he reared in his home, Mrs. Billie Landrum of Ft. Smith, Arkansas and Mrs. Delores Meek of Bells; three sisters, Mrs. Bonnie Worley of Sherman; Mrs. Myrtle Lankford of Grand Prairie; and Mrs. Mary Shumpert of Madill, Oklahoma; six other grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Morris Ramsey, Bill Skipworth, Bill Robbins, Houston Young, Roy Wagner and Don Mullinix. A car was provided for family use, courtesy of Young Motor Company of Sherman.
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