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Birth |
18 Nov 1910 |
Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
28 Nov 1999 |
Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Obituary |
29 Nov 1999 |
Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, USA |
Jefferson City News-Tribune |
- Billy Williamson Dunavant, 89, Fulton, died Nov. 28, 1999, at Callaway Community Hospital.
He was born Nov. 18, 1910, in Fulton, a son of Edmund W. and Nuell Smith Dunavant. He was married Feb. 16, 1936, to Mary Alice Ebersole, who died May 18, 1996.
He was a 1929 graduate of Fulton High School and attended Westminster College. He received his pharmacy registration from St. Joseph. In 1943, he bought Nolin Pharmacy, which became Dunavant's Drug, which he operated until his retirement in 1972.
He was past president of the Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club. He served on the Fulton School Board, the SERVE board and the police board. He was a chapter advisor for the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity at Westminster College and had been a member of the local chapter of AA. He was a member and past elder of the First Presbyterian Church, Fulton.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church, Fulton.
Memorials are suggested to the First Presbyterian Church, the Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society or SERVE.
Arrangements are under the direction of Maupin Funeral Home, Fulton.
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Buried |
Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Person ID |
I6908 |
Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri |
Last Modified |
14 Jan 2008 |
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Father |
Edmund Womack Dunavant, b. 12 Jul 1867, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 14 Jun 1929, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Mother |
Nuell H. Smith, b. 20 Jun 1876, , , Kentucky, USA , d. 2 Nov 1947, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Marriage |
Friday, May 26, 1905 |
Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Fulton Weekly Gazette |
Married |
21 May 1905 |
, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Family ID |
F14346725 |
Group Sheet |
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Family |
Mary Alice Ebersole, b. 10 Sep 1911, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 18 May 1996 |
Married |
16 Feb 1936 |
, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Children |
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Last Modified |
04 Jul 2007 |
Family ID |
F14347195 |
Group Sheet |
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Notes |
- In 1930 he was single, living at home with his mother, working in a clothing store.
He was a pharmacist and owned Dunavant Drugs in Fulton. He retired in 1972
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Event
| Birth - 18 Nov 1910 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
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| Married - 16 Feb 1936 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA |
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| Died - 28 Nov 1999 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
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| Obituary - Jefferson City News-Tribune - 29 Nov 1999 - Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, USA |
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| Buried - - Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
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