Mrs. Frankie B. Dunaway

July 19, 1924 - August 14, 2018

Mrs. Frankie B. Dunaway, age 94 of Rockmart passed away Tuesday morning, August 14, 2018 at Chulio Hills Health & Rehab of Rome. Mrs. Dunaway was born July 19, 1924 in Blairsville, daughter of the late Henry F. Brown and the late Celesta Thomason Brown. She was a homemaker and a member of the Fairview Baptist Church. Mrs. Dunaway was a wonderful cook, having made more cakes for the neighborhood than most bakeries. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harry M. Dunaway on August 1, 1995; four sisters, Connie Galloway, Cleo Hooper, Ellen Collins and Ruby Sexton; and six brothers, Barney Brown, Clayton Brown, Homer Brown, Harmon Brown, Paul Brown and Emory Brown. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Deborah and Rev. Jim Reynolds of Rome; son and daughter-in-law, Jimmy and Cindy Dunaway of Armuchee; sister, Ethel Self of Columbia, SC; four grandchildren, Kerry Dunaway, Shannon Krause, Jennifer Reynolds and Amanda Reynolds Davidson; and three great-grandchildren, Riley Krause, Daniel Krause and Allie Dunaway. Funeral services for Mrs. Dunaway will be held on Friday, August 17, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of the Freeman Harris Funeral Home with Dr. Charles Drummond and Rev. Larry Davis officiating. Interment services will follow in the family lot of Rose Hill Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers: Steve Brown, Rick Brown, Calvin Collins, Steve Turner, Barry Davis and Kerry Dunaway. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday prior to the service from 12 noon until the funeral hour. Freeman Harris Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral service for Mrs. Frankie B. Dunaway.