Betty Dunbar 1931-2015

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Services for Betty Dunbar, 83, of Grand Saline were held May 3, 2015, at Crossroads Church of Christ with Don Cannon officiating under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. Interment followed in Creagleville Cemetery. Ms. Dunbar passed away May 1, 2015, in Quitman. She was born July 16, 1931, in Dawson to Alvis Davis and Elsie Ruth Grier Fagg. She spent most all of her life in Grand Saline She was a great seamstress. She also worked 16 years at the Saline Cafe and then obtained her Certified Nurses Aide certification. After becoming a CNA she worked for several years at the nursing home, home health and Cozby-Germany Hospital. She loved keeping up the yard and flower beds. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Waylon Fagg and Bobby Fagg; two sisters, Ruth Tull and Faye Cumbie; and one grandson, Matt Oliver. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Phyllis and Gary Fisher of Grand Saline and Doris and Dean Oliver of Grand Saline; two brothers and sister-in-law, Travis and June Fagg of Whitehouse and Jackie Fagg of Grand Saline; two sisters, LaNell Hawkins of Mineola and Virginia Gipson of Grand Saline; four grandchildren, Scott Fisher and his wife Anna Lea, Jennifer Gilbert and her husband Jim, Cody Fisher and his wife Jamie, Heather Stanley and Rachael Oliver, wife of the late Matt Oliver; 10 greatgrandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends. Pallbearers were Scott Fisher, Cody Fisher, Jim Gilbert, Jeffrey Garrett, Donald Wayne Hawkins and Chaz Grimes. Memorials may be made to Elsie Fagg Scholarship Fund in care of Fruitvale ISD.