Memorials › Fannin Monroe Dunn

Fannin Monroe Dunn

26 Sep 1893 – 25 Oct 1974

Birth26 Sep 1893
Death25 Oct 1974
CemeteryCrosbyton Cemetery
Crosbyton , Crosby County , Texas , USA
Added bykaci cross on 04 Dec 2019
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54468166

Bio

Crosbyton has lost one of its most respected citizens. F.M. Dunn, a former mayor and a civic leader for almost half a century, succumbed about 10 a.m. Friday in Methodist Hospital in Lubbock at the age of 81. He had undergone surgery Thursday to set a hip which was broken in a fall the previous Sunday. Cited in 1966 as Crosbyton"s "Citizen Through the Years," Mr. Dunn had been in failing health for several months. Memorial rites were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in First Baptist Church, where Mr. Dunn was church clerk and held numerous other positions. The Rev. R. C. Tennison of Brownwood, a former local pastor, and the Rev. Bobby Rine, present pastor, conducted the service. Interment was made in Crosbyton Cemetery, under direction of King Funeral Home. F.M. Dunn had served Crosbyton as mayor and as a city councilman for three terms. While serving as administrator of Crosbyton Clinic Hospital, he is credited by present hospital administrator T.J. Taylor, as the man responsible for "getting the hospital in the black." He assumed the position in 1948. Taylor believes that Dunn´s foresight in setting up hospital policy and operational procedure was responsible for the hospital´s ability to "pay its own way" over the years. At the time of his death, Mr. Dunn served as chairman of the Crosbyton Clinic Hospital board. A retired insurance and real estate businessman, Dunn was associated with Citizens National Bank before founding his own insurance firm. This business, Citizens Insurance Agency, is now owned by a son, Jimmy Dunn. Recognized as an astute businessman, F.M. Dunn was also keenly interested in agriculture. Born Sept. 27, 1893, in Point, F.M. Dunn was married to the former Joe Ann Irwin Aug. 15, 1914. The family moved to Crosbyton in 1926. Mrs. Dunn is among survivors. Other survivors include; two sons, Jimmy Dunn of Crosbyton and Monroe Dunn of Midland; one daughter, Mrs. Hazel Elms of Lubbock; a brother, I. L. Dunn of Point; three sisters, Mrs. T. R. Neal and Mrs. C.K. Cozart, both of Greenville, and Mrs.Loma Wallace of Houston; seven grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Crosbyton Review, October 31, 1974

Photos

Family

Parents

Spouse

Siblings

Children

Export GEDCOM

This person only · Entire connected family