Deloris Dungan - Manila

Wednesday, December 17, 2003

Deloris Dungan, 69, of Manila died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born at Leachville, she was the widow of John W. Dungan and the daughter of the late J.L. and Elna Swink. She was a 1952 graduate of Trumann High School and later became bookkeeper and secretary for the family owned Dungan Furniture Company in Trumann. During her years in Trumann, she also operated a child day care facility. Shortly after the death of her husband, she returned to Manila and worked as bookkeeper and secretary for Costner Farms. Since her return to Manila, Dungan continued her membership with the Trumann Church of Christ.

She is survived by two daughters, Tracie Dungan of Springdale and Tammie Harper of West Plains, Mo.; three step-sons, Wells Miller Dungan and Mike Dungan, both of Trumann, and Gary Dungan of Atlanta, Ga.; a brother, Van Swink of Manila; two sisters, Sue Smithson of Trumann, and Dorothy Loveless of West Memphis; and seven grandchildren.

A graveside funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. today (Tuesday) at Oaklawn Cemetery in Jonesboro under the direction of Howard funeral Service of Manila.