Ernest Edsel Dunaway, Jr. "Eddie"

Warren Holloway Ward Funeral Home

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Posted by: Warren Holloway Ward FH
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334-684-9999
Date: Oct 18 2016 1:02 PM

Ernest Edsel Dunaway Jr. “Eddie” of Geneva, AL passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at Wiregrass Medical Center. He was 59.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at the First United Methodist Church of Geneva with the Rev. Jake Brady officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery with Warren Holloway Ward Funeral Home of Geneva directing. The family will receive friends at the church on Thursday, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and continuing until service time.

The family request that flowers be omitted and memorial contributions be made to the: Dunaway grandchildren trust fund, c/o The Bank of the Ozarks, 515 South Commerce Street, Geneva, AL 36340 or to the First United Methodist Church of  Geneva, 304 South Academy St, Geneva, AL 36340.

Eddie was the son of the late Edsel and Elinor Yielding Dunaway. He is survived by his son, Kyle Dunaway; grandchildren, Braxton and Abbey Dunaway, Deasa Helms, and Emma Grantham; several cousins and many many friends both of long standing, and recent vintage.

Eddie “Tarzan” Dunaway was an athlete and an outstanding football player in his younger years and an avid hunter and fisherman all of his life.

Over the past few years, despite numerous health problems, he delighted in devoting himself to his grandchildren who were the light of his life.

Eddie worked for Gulf Coast Fertilizer, the business his father founded, for many years and worked in the drywall and construction trade for the last part of his working career.

Some of the highlights of his last months were, taking his grandchildren to the beach, and going on camping trips with them as well as going to the Bahamas with friends and being baptized for a second time.

Eddie was one of a kind, everyone that knew him loved him. He was a kind gentle soul that will be missed dearly.

 

Warren~Holloway~Ward Funeral Home (334) 684-9999, is in charge of arrangements. "Continuing The Trust You've Placed In Us” To sign a guest register, please visit: www.whwfuneralhome.com

 

 

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