Dunbar

Services for Ray Dunbar, 66, were held Wednesday, April 23, at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dan Gilliam officiating. Interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery under the direction of Erman Smith Funeral Home.

 

Mr. Dunbar was born Nov. 12, 1947 in Houston. He died April 19 at his home in Pittsburg.

 

He is survived by his wife, Vicki; two daughters, Charity Joyner of Crandall and Jacqueline Dunbar of Bossier City, La.; 8 grandchildren, Colten, Molly Mason, Creighton, Chloe and Madden Joyner and Charlotte and Emma Grace Broad; a brotherin- law, Gene Robertson of Longview; two sisters, Betty Fabich of Texarkana, Ark. and Mary Dorothy Crowell of Genoa, Ark.; and an aunt, Betty Maloney of Texarkana, Ark.

 

He was preceded in death by his parents, Gaylon Paul Dunbar and Sara Maud Culver Dunbar.

 

Mr. Dunbar was a member of First United Methodist Church, was retired from the Texas Workforce Commission and was a member of the Mount Pleasant Rotary Club. Mr. Dunbar was heavily involved in saving passenger rail. Over the years, Mr. Dunbar served in numerous rail positions: Texas Eagle Marketing and Performance Organization (TEMPO), vice chairman; National Association of Railroad Passengers, Director, Region 9 (Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas); Texas Assn. of Railroad Passengers, vice-president and president; East Texas Corridor Council member; and Moderator of the All-Aboard Internet list.

 

Pallbearers were: Colten Joyner, Tim Lewis, Kevin Crowell, J.R. Hewitt, Ryan Walker and Blake Robertson.

 

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1599 Clifton Road Northwest, Atlanta, Ga. 30329. Online condolences may be left at www.ermansmithfuneralhome.com.