Robert “Red” Eldon Dunbar, 80, of Beaumont, passed away at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth on August 13, 2005.
He was preceded in death by the love of his life, Margaret Alice Cornwall Dunbar, who passed away on July 16, 2005, also by his parents, Eldon and Della Dunbar, and his sister, Mary Ann Dunbar Jewett.
Red was born in Silsbee, Texas on October 10, 1924. At seventeen years of age he joined the Navy to serve his country in World War II. Red was a lifelong humanitarian and was one who never met a stranger. He will be sorely missed by all who knew him.
Survivors include his three daughters, Karen Lloyd and her husband John of The Colony, Deborah Lowry of Hammond, Louisiana, Peggy Eddings and her husband Glenn of Silsbee; his three sons, Bob Dunbar of Beaumont, John Dunbar and his wife Nancy of Silsbee and Edward Dunbar and his wife Karen of China; sixteen grandchildren, Jennifer Stafford of Las Vegas, Nevada, Allison Wilson and her husband Don of Aubrey, Hillary Lowry of San Antonio, Scott Lowry of Lafayette, Louisiana, Kimberly Lowry and Luke Lowry of Hammond, Louisiana, Katie Dunbar and Buzz Dunbar of Austin, Melanie Dunbar of Silsbee, Daniel Dunbar and his wife Katie of Spring, John Aaron Dunbar of Silsbee, Rocky Eddings and his wife Nancy, Doug Eddings and Ben Eddings all of Silsbee, Keith Dunbar and Jessica Dunbar of China; seven great grandchildren, Lainey Wilson of Aubrey, Jacobb Dunbar, Tiffanie Dunbar, Nanette Dunbar and Rebecca Dunbar all of Silsbee, Chelsye Eddings and Alex Eddings of Silsbee; brother, Gus Dunbar and his wife Johni Ruth of Silsbee; sister-in-laws, Sylvia Vickers, Minta Boudreaux, and Edna Corbello and her husband Melvin all of Beaumont; and a host of nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11:00 A. M. Tuesday, August 16, 2005 at St. Pius X Catholic Church followed by military funeral rites at Forest Lawn Memorial Park under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont.
The family wishes to thank the doctors and the CVICU nurses who took such loving care of our loved one.
