Dorothy Virginia Golden Dunn, 92, of Omega passed away Friday, August 26, 2022, at her residence. Her funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, August 28, 2022, at Omega Baptist Church with the Rev. Allen Mullis officiating. A eulogy will be given by John Gibson. Mrs. Dunn will be laid to rest at Omega Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Sunday, August 28, 2022, at Omega Baptist Church from 1:00 p.m. until the hour of the service.
Due to her love of her family, all pallbearers and honorary pallbearers will be nephews and great-nephews from the Golden and Dunn families. Mrs. Dunn’s nephews, Richard Golden, Larry Golden, Mike Dunn, Dwight Dunn, Eddie Dunn, Roggie Dunn, Scott Dunn and Steve Webb will serve as pallbearers and nephews and great-nephews will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Born August 7, 1930, in Omega, Mrs. Dunn was the daughter of the late Arthur Jacob Golden and Arrie Celia Jane Thompson Golden. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Charles W. Dunn; three sons, Thomas Dunn, Paul Dunn and David Dunn; one daughter-in-law, Lisa Haldeman Dunn; a grandson, Eric Nichols; five brothers, Earl Golden, Johnnie Golden, James Golden, Roy Golden and Bobby Golden; and one sister, Lola Golden York. She graduated from Omega High School in 1947, where she was president of her senior class. She was a homemaker and a lifelong resident of Omega. She was an active member of Omega Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School until the age of 90 and led the choir for many years.
Mrs. Dunn is survived by two sons and one daughter-in-law, Robert Dunn and Tim and Kathy Dunn, all of Tifton; two daughters and one son-in-law, Charlotte and Terry Nichols of Tifton and Joy Elliott of Omega; one sister, Joyce Golden Webb of Tifton; twelve grandchildren, one of which she raised, Angie McBrayer; seventeen great-grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren.