Cleve Dunavant

Cleve Dunavant, 93, of Jackson, Tennessee was born March 5, 1928. He went to be with the Lord on July 21, 2021. A longtime resident of Jonesboro, Arkansas and then Jackson, Tennessee, he was a forty one year employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. In Jonesboro he was a member of Highland Drive Baptist Church and in Jackson, Englewood Baptist Church. He enjoyed golf and fishing, especially when it was with his family members. Family was his greatest joy.

He is survived by his wife of 75 years Lou Dunavant; his daughter Linda Taylor; two sons Ed (Pam) Dunavant and Don (Janet) Dunavant; grandchildren Jason (Misti) Taylor, Sara Beth (Ryan) Porter, Matt (Stacey) Dunavant, Micah (Jeff) Zehner, Adam (Jessica) Dunavant, Michael (Kristen) Dunavant, David (Sori) Dunavant, Eli (Stacey) Dunavant, Zach (DeAnn) Dunavant; and twenty three great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son Joe Dunavant, son in law Ron Taylor, his parents Cleve and Bessie Dunavant, three brothers and three sisters.

Services will be held Saturday, July 24th at 10:30 at Emerson Funeral Home Chapel and burial at Philadelphia Cemetery.