Mississippi Family Group Sheet for the Lawrence F. CHUNN Family *********************************************** Copyright Vicki Burress Roach. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Vicki Burress Roach Email address: Husband: Lawrence F. CHUNN Birthdate: November 2, 1878 Birthplace: Tishomingo Co., MS Death date: April 10, 1945 Place of death: Ripley, Tippah Co., MS Burial: Jacobs Chapel Cem., Tippah Co., MS. Father: James Thomas CHUNN Mother: Narcissus THOMPSON Marriage date: November 21, 1897 Marriage place: Union Co., MS Wife: Mattie Arah MOORE Birthdate: February 10, 1885 Birthplace: Tishomingo Co., MS Death date: October 4, 1972 Place of death: Tippah Co., MS Burial: Jacobs Chapel Cem., Tippah Co., MS. Father: Thomas E. MOORE Mother: Arah E. FORSHEE CHILDREN Child No. 1: Annie Bell CHUNN Sex: F Birthdate: October 27, 1897 Birthplace: Tippah Co., MS Death date: October 1977 Place of death: Ripley, Tippah Co., MS Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Witt MILLER Child No. 2: Lonnie Ellis CHUNN Sex: M Birthdate: August 15, 1900 Birthplace: Tippah Co., MS Death date: August 22, 1987 Place of death: Rest Haven Nursing Home, Ripley, Tippah Co., MS Burial: Marriage date: May 14, 1924 Marriage place: Tippah Co., MS Spouse's name: Lena SMITH Child No. 3: Christine CHUNN Sex: F Birthdate: after 1901 Birthplace: Tippah Co., MS Death date: after 1987 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Ersel HENRY Child No. 4: Lillie Mae CHUNN Sex: F Birthdate: after 1901 Birthplace: Tippah Co., MS Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Roy SMITH Child No. 5: Roy Epton CHUNN Sex: M Birthdate: December 14, 1903 Birthplace: Tippah Co., MS Death date: January 1985 Place of death: Caruthersville, Pemiscot Co., MO Marriage date: Burial: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Leona Alwilla DILLARD Child No. 6: William Thomas CHUNN Sex: M Birthdate: March 29, 1904 Birthplace: MS Death date: June 1958 Place of death: MS Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Lucilla BISHOP Documentation: SOUTHERN SENTINEL NEWSPAPER-RIPLEY, MISSISSIPPI Thursday, April 12, 1945 LAWRENCE CHUNN Lawrence Chunn, age 67, passed away at the local hospital on April 10. The funeral and burial was at Jacobs Chapel on Wednesday morning, April 11, conducted by Rev. Felix A. Sutphin, of Blue Mountain, pastor. Mr. Chunn was a well known citizen of that community who was highly respected by all who knew him. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mattie Chunn; the following children, Mrs. Annie Bell Miller, Ripley; Roy Chunn, Blytheville, Arkansas; Thomas Chunn, New Albany; Mrs. Lillie Mae Smith, Ripley and Mrs. Christine Henry, Ripley. R.L. Nance & Co. had charge of funeral arrangements. >From "The Chunn Clan", "Mattie Ara Moore Chunn told Mrs. L.E. Chunn, her daughter-in-law, that three Chunns came to this country, namely, Thomas, who had a son named Thomas; Andrew who died in the Battle of Shiloh (April 1862) and is buried on the battlefield there; and another Chunn, name unknown. To date (1970) this story has not been verified on records, but at this time the writer believes they could have been Thomas Chunn and his three sons, Thomas, Andrew and George W. According to previous information, Thomas, Sr. could have been born in Ireland, came to SC with his family, and then to TN where George W. was born (according to the 1860 Tippah Co., MS census). Andrew and George W. could have come to Tippah Co., MS between 1850 and 1860 where George W. married. Then Andrew could have gone on south and George W. never heard from him again. Then, George W. enlisted in 1861 and died that same year; Andrew died in 1862. Therefore, the trail is lost."