Dennis Courtney Dunn

Funeral services for Dennis C. Dunn, age 81 of Columbia, will be held at 11 AM Wednesday, January 11, 2017 from the sanctuary of Cross Roads Baptist Church, Grayson with Bro. Shane Duke officiating. Interment will follow in Cross Roads Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at Riser Funeral Home, Columbia from 5 PM to 8 PM then again Wednesday morning at the church from 10 AM until time of services. Mr. Dunn was born on June 8, 1935 in Clarks, LA to the union of his parents, James Wylie Dunn and Juan Lambert Dunn and passed from this life on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at the LA Veteran's Home, Monroe, LA. Dennis retired from the US Air Force after twenty years of dedicated service. He attended Grayson Baptist Church for some time before becoming a member of Cross Roads Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; his beloved wife, Jean Dunn; daughter, Ruth Dunn and three brothers: Bobby Dunn, Louie Dunn and Laverne Dunn. Those left to cherish his memory are his two sons: Dennis Jeffery Dunn and wife, Marion of Palmer, AK and Michael Dunn and wife, Cindy of Springdale, AR; daughter, Melinda Evans and fiance', Frank Mushinski of West Monroe; three sisters: Alice Denton and husband, David, Betty Winstead and husband, Jimmy and Dora Owens; grandchildren: Josh Westerberg, Alex Westerberg, Brandy Dunn, Mason Dunn, Harrison Dunn, Blane Evans and Averi Belle Evans and two great-grandchildren: Taiya Westerberg and Byer Westerberg. Pallbearers will be family members.