Obituary of Tressie Dunavin, Craighead County, Arkansas *********************************************************** Submitted by: William D Date: 21 Jan 2009 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Tressie F. Dunavin [nee Ladd] Funeral services for Mrs. Tressie F Dunavin, 88, of Monette, who died Thursday, July 31, 1997 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center, will be at 1:30 this afternoon at the Gregg Funeral Home chapel in Monette with Revs. Carl Blankenship, Arthur Phelps and Roy Anderson officiating. Burial will follow at the Macey Cemetery near Monette. Active pallbearers will be Steve Gray, Doug Dunavin, Michael Dunavin, Tim Dunavin, Mark Dunavin and Billy Dunavin. Honorary pallbearers include Davis Dunavin, Jeff Priebe, Chad Priebe, Denver Chaffin, Les Williams and Jamie Matheny Born in Ravenden Springs, she lived in the Monette area most of her life and was a member of the Monett~ Assembly of God Church. A homemaker, she was preceded in death by her husband Jeff Dunavin, and one daughter, Frieda Gray. Survivors include two daughters, Vanita Perry of Louisa, Ky., and Oleta Birondo of Monette; four sons, Ermel Dunavin of Sodus, Mich., Jeff Dunavin of Lowell, Ind., Don Dunavin of Saint Peters, Mo., and Ronnie Dunavin of Houston, Mo.; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and six great-great grandchildren.