Georgia: Hancock County: Obituary of James Benjamin Franklin Dunn 18 July 1957 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Mary Ann Willoughby mawill@mindspring.com ==================================================================== Georgia. Hancock County. Obituary. James B. F. Dunn. July 18, 1957 Submitted by Mary Ann Willoughby. mawill@mindspring.com James Benjamin Franklin Dunn was born May 3, 1857 to Benjamin Franklin Dunn and Mary A. E. Chiles. His father died in 1863 of wounds received at Chancellorsville, Va. during the Civil War. James B. F. Dunn married his cousin Elmina Augusta “Gussie” Johnson. They had no children of their own but reared the five children of Gussie’s sister, Susan Fredonia “Donna” Johnson Babb. James B. F Dunn died July 17, 1957. Source: The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, July 18, 1957. “Death claims 101 year old Hancock man. Sparta, Ga. James B. F. Dunn, Hancock county’s oldest citizen, died Wednesday morning at his home in the Culverton Community at the age of 101. Funeral services will be held at the graveside in the Dunn Family Cemetery, Thursday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. W. A. H. Flynt officiating. Mr. Dunn was a native of the section in which he lived his long life. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. The centenarian had outlived his wife, his brothers, sisters, and children. His only survivors are a number of nieces and nephews. He had made his home with a niece in the Culverton Community during the last years of his life. He was known as a hard-working farmer and was active on his farm until only a short time before his death. Even during his last weeks, he continued to do small chores around his home and farm.”