Rev. Estel Leon Dunning

REV. ESTEL LEON DUNNING, 77, OF CARRIER MILLS, IL DIED WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2010 AT 6:18 AM AT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN CARBONDALE, IL. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY MAY 8, 2010 AT 11 AM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. VISITATION WILL BE HELD FRIDAY FROM 6 TO 8 PM. BURIAL WILL BE IN SIMMONS CEMETERY NEAR CREAL SPRINGS, IL. REVEREND JEFF OWENS AND REV. JIM ASHFORD WILL OFFICIATE. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO CAMP OXFORD IN HIS MEMORY, ENVELOPES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE FUNERAL HOME. HE WAS BORN ON JUNE 3, 1932 IN INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP, SALINE COUNTY, IL TO THE LATE MARION THOMAS AND ELSIE ELLIS (GRAVES) DUNNING. HE MARRIED THE FORMER JACQUELINE CANNON ON OCTOBER 27, 1963 AND SHE PRECEDED IN DEATH ON OCTOBER 23, 2001. HE WAS A RETIRED MINISTER, HE WAS A MEMBER AND FORMER PASTOR OF OLIVE GENERAL BAPTIST CHURCH, HE ALSO PASTORED AT MANY AREA CHURCHES. HE ALSO WAS A PAST MEMBER OF THE LICENERY MINISTRY BOARD. HE WAS A NAVY VETERAN OF THE KOREAN WAR. HE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER: SHARON (LARRY) EVETTS OF CREAL SPRINGS, IL AND 3 OTHER CHILDREN; A SISTER: DELORES (WILLIAM) HULL OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; 2 GRANDCHILDREN: JAMIE (DANIEL) BENTON OF HARRISBURG, IL AND LAREN (CYLA) EVETTS OF CREAL SPRINGS, IL; 5 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: EMILY, GABRIEL AND ARISTA BENTON ALL OF HARRISBURG, IL; MORIAH AND CALEB EVETTS BOTH OF CREAL SPRINGS, IL. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE: JACQUELINE DUNNING; PARENTS; 2 BROTHERS: JAMES DUNNING AND LEROY DUNNING AND A SISTER: MAXINE YORK.