DUNBAR, Shirley Jean
Mrs. Shirley Jean Quinn Dunbar, age 88, of Rome, passed away on Monday, October 19, 2020, at a local assisted living community.
Mrs. Dunbar was born in Princeton, KY on October 3, 1932, daughter of the late John William Quinn and the late Margaret Lucille Richardson Quinn. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Richard Neil Dunbar; a daughter, Rebecca Jean Dunbar; a grandson, Edward Charles “Charlie” Mcauliff, III; and 2 sisters, Shelia Carroll and Sharon Coleman. Mrs. Dunbar was a homemaker and a former member of The Oder of the Eastern Star. She loved reading, sewing, playing bridge, and most of all spending time with family and friends. Mrs. Dunbar was a member of the First Christian Church in Princeton, KY.
Survivors include her daughter, Renee Anderson (Keith), Centre, AL; a granddaughter, Andrea Mcauliff Benson (Bradley), Euharlee, GA; a great-granddaughter, Hannah Benson, Euharlee, GA; a great-grandson, Emory Benson, Euharlee, GA; 3 sisters, Mary Frances Quinn, Princeton, KY, Karen Brooks Gardener (Dave), Ty
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people move our souls to dance. They awaken us to a new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom. Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
— Flavia Weedn
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life.
— John Muir
SMILE BECAUSE HE LIVED
You can shed tears that he is gone, or you can smile because he lived. You can close your eyes and pray that he will come back, or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left. Your heart can be empty because you can’t see him, or you can be full of the love that you shared. You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday. You can remember him and only that he is gone, or you can cherish his memory and let it live on. You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn back, or you can do what he would want: Smile, open your eyes, love and go on.
— Author Unknown