Jimmy Lee Dunn, Jr.

     Jimmy Lee Dunn, Jr. of Laurel, DE, passed away at the Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford, DE on Saturday, May 23, 2020. He was 58 years old.

     Born in Easton, MD on October 25, 1961, Mr. Dunn was the son of the late Jimmy Lee Dunn, Sr. and Joan Faye Gottwals Lawton of Perry, GA. He was a 1979 graduate of Laurel High School. He was a carpenter with the Local Carpenter’s Union 2012 of Philadelphia. He liked to fish, the beach, NASCAR, football, and especially loved his two grandchildren.

     In addition to his mother, Mr. Dunn is survived by his daughter, Courtney Dunn-Short (Christopher) of Bridgeville, DE; his two grandchildren: Johnathon R. Shockley and Paige E. Short of Bridgeville; a sister, Linda V. Bailey (Robert) of Seaford; a brother, Kevin Lawton of WVA; his stepfather, Wayne Lawton of Perry, GA; his stepmother, Mary Dunn of Ridgely, MD; a nephew, Landon Ferrell, and a niece, Megan Tyndall, cousins, many friends; and the mother of his daughter, Pamela Dunn of Cocoa, FL.

     Because of COVID-19 restrictions, a memorial service will be private. If friends wish to send memorial donations, the family suggests sending them to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 30105 (http://stjude.org/donate).

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