Johnnie H. Dunigan, 78, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, in Winslow. Funeral services will be held at 1 o’clock this afternoon (Sept. 12) at Zion Baptist Church, located at 500 Donnelley in Winslow, with Rev. Wendell Carter officiating. Mistress of ceremonies will be Mrs. Helen Mayberry. A viewing will be held one hour prior to the services at the church. Interment will follow in Desert View Cemetery in Winslow. Repast will follow burial at the Zion Baptist Church dining room.
He was born in Jasper, Texas, on Aug. 13, 1936.
Johnnie was a 1956 graduate of Winslow High School.
After high school he moved to Pasadena, Calif., where he worked for the City of Pasadena for 32 years, retiring in 1987.
He moved to St. Louis and Texas for a couple of years, then moved back to Winslow in 1989.
Johnnie married Jerutha Garrett on June 20, 1992, and began life in Winslow with their two sons, Kevin and Ricky. Johnnie also had a son, Howard Williams, from a previous marriage.
Survivors include his wife, Jerutha “Rita”; his sons, Kevin and Ricky (Mariany); six grandsons, Javan of Portland, Ore., Tevin of Winslow, Christopher of Phoenix, D.J. of Flagstaff, and Jordan and Dominik of Tucson; one granddaughter, Rikkita of Pearland, Texas; two sisters, Elaine Bell Dunigan and Willie B. Toombs; his brother-in-law, Jimmie Toombs; and a host of nieces and nephews from California, Texas and Oklahoma.
He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Albert and Rillie Dunigan; three brothers, Thomas, Maysaw and Bent; three sisters, Gertrude Scott, Lula Mae Shane and Estella Booker; and a grandson, Angel.
Greer’s Mortuary of Winslow was in charge of the arrangements.
