Gladys M. Dunn, 88, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at Pruitt Health in Ocilla, Georgia.
Funeral services will be held 3 PM, Saturday, March 24, 2018, at The Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald, with the Rev. B.J. Funk officiating. Interment will be private. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Saturday.
Mrs. Dunn was born February 8, 1930, in Irwin County, Georgia, to the late Jasper & Vadie Holden Morehead. She was a 1946 graduate of Mystic High School and attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Education from Georgia Southern College. Mrs. Dunn was a first-grade teacher in Irwin and Ben Hill Counties for almost 40 years. She loved arranging flowers and was a member of the Green Thumb Garden Club. She attended Central United Methodist Church in her youth and enjoyed singing in the choir. She was a member of UMW Circle #4.
She is survived by her husband of over 60 years, Paul Dunn of Fitzgerald along with numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and former students.
To honor Mrs. Dunn's lifelong commitment to education, the family suggests those desiring to send memorials may send them to the Ben Hill Education Foundation, P.O. Box 475, Fitzgerald, GA 31750.