Nancy Kathleen Dunn

Nancy Kathleen Womble Dunn, 94, of 1705 Elmer Moore Road, Bonlee, died Sunday, June 24, 2012 at the home of her brother. Mrs. Dunn was born in Chatham County on December 27, 1917, the daughter of Floyd Eugene Womble and Delilah Ward Womble. She was a member of the Bonlee Baptist Church where over the years she taught Sunday School to all ages. Nancy was a retired Postmaster of the Bonlee office as well as co-owner of Bonlee Hardware. In the 1940s she owned and managed the Ideal Beauty Shop in Siler City. She learned the beautician trade by virtue of a scholarship awarded her upon graduation from Siler City High School to attend Darbour Beauty College in Greensboro. Nancy also served terms as president of the Bonlee Elementary and Chatham Central High School P.T.A., the Bonlee Women's Club, the Chatham County Home Extension Club, and was a member of the Goldston Medical Center Board. From the 1950s into the 1970s she also served often as a substitute teacher at Bonlee Elementary School. While a member of Bonlee Baptist, Mrs. Dunn kept a place in her heart for her home church of Loves Creek as well as nearby Sandy Branch. Community and education were dear to Mrs. Dunn and for years she worked with local schools and was a strong supporter of the Chatham Central Concert Choir. A homemaker but also a merchant and postal employee, Mrs. Dunn was energetic and with her husband Alex, participated in many local campaigns for civic betterment both official and unofficial. Mrs. Dunn was preceded in death by her husband, Alex Glenn Dunn, Sr.; her parents; sisters, Emma Rue Yanchurak, Mary Sue Womble, Burdine Womble and Leisel Womble; and, brother, Lloyd Womble. She is survived by two sons: Alex Glenn Dunn, Jr. and wife, Nancy Tyson Dunn of Bear Creek, NC, Alvis Eugene Dunn and wife, Leah McGinnis Dunn of Greensboro, NC: granddaughter, Delilah Jane Dunn of Greensboro, NC, sisters: Lila Brewer, Irma Beal, Nadine Short: brother, Lynton Womble (all of Siler City): sisters-in-law, Louise Womble of Siler City, Ethel Gaines of Bear Creek, and Edna Dunn of Greensboro, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Special friends and neighbors, Carlyle Gaines, Thurman and Emma Jean Burke, Claude and Inez Cook, and Pat and Linda Murrow were close and caring. The family will receive friends Tuesday, June 26, 2012 from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Smith & Buckner Funeral Home, 230 North Second Avenue, Siler City, NC 27344 and at other times at the home of Glenn Dunn, 705 Dean Beaver Road, Bear Creek. The service will be Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at 2:00 pm at Sandy Branch Baptist Church with Rev. Darrel Williams and Rev. Marc Sanders officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.