Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Wednesday, April 21, 1954

David W. Dunn, 75, Dies in Hospital

David Washington Dunn, 75, a lifelong resident of Louisiana, died at 3:05 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, 1954, in a local hospital.

A retired farmer, Dunn was born in Oakdale and had lived the past 10 years in Alexandria.

He was a member of Woodmen of the World and the Emmanuel Baptist church.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Lula Sessions Dunn, Alexandria; two sons, Dewey Dunn, Alexandria and Carl A. Dunn, Galveston, Tex.; one brother, Virgil M. Dunn, Alexandria; one sister, Mrs. Lizzie Pittman, Pitkin; four grandchildren, George Dewey Dunn, Carl David Dunn, Luanne Dunn and Charles Owens.

Funeral services are set for [omitted] p.m. today in the chapel of Hixson Bros. Interment will be in Greenwood Memorial Park.