Edna Gibson Dunn

WEST END Mrs. Edna Gibson Dunn, 86, of Beauty Rd., West End, died Sunday, December 30, 2012 in Abingdon, VA. Funeral Service will be 2:00 PM Wednesday, January 2, 2012 at Middlecross Baptist Church, with Rev. David Reynolds and Pastor Sherrell Dunn officiating. Burial will follow in the West End Cemetery. Mrs. Dunn was born September 4, 1926, in Richmond County, the daughter of Thomas Alfred and Bertha Ellen Saunders Gibson. She had worked at Carolina Eye Associates in medical records and transport. She was preceded in death by a son, Ronnie Dunn and a great-grandson, Corey Dunn. She is survived by her husband, Robert A. “Bobby” Dunn of the home; a son, Pastor Sherrell Dunn and wife Yvonne of Meadowview, VA; a brother, T.C. Gibson and wife Blanche of West End; a sister, Brenda Ritter and husband Clement of Jackson Springs; 3 grandchildren, Bobby Allen Dunn and wife Cheryl, Sharon Mullins and husband Johnny and Chad Dunn and fiancé Valerie Murray; 5 great-grandchildren, Callie Dunn, Cody Dunn, Makenzie Martin, Savannah Martin and Cameron Mullins. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM Tuesday at Briggs-Candor Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Southwest Virginia, 301 East Valley St, Abingdon VA 24210