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Michael Allen Dunn
Funeral mass for Mr. Michael Allen Dunn, age 51 of Wisner, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 21, 2014 at St. John Catholic Church in Columbia, Louisiana with Father James Nellikunnel officiating. Interment will follow in the Columbia Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be held at 8:30 AM, Saturday, June 21st at Riser and Son Funeral Home Chapel in Columbia.
Mike, the son of the late Marilyn Mann and Billy Dunn, was born on July 22, 1962 in Monroe and died Friday, April 25, 2014 at LSU Hospital in Shreveport after a lengthy illness.
Mike was a forestry economist and worked at LSU Agricultural Center for a number of years. He graduated from Caldwell Parish High School, Northeast Louisiana University, Louisiana Tech University, and earned his doctorate at Auburn University.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Marilyn Mann, his maternal grandparents, G. A. Mann and Mary Alice Shipp Mann, his paternal grandparents, Creston C. Dunn and Eula Blackmon Dunn, and his uncle, George Allen Mann all of Columbia.
Survivors include his father, Billy Dunn and wife, Palmyra of Alytus, Lithuania; his sister Jennifer Willis and her husband, Lee and their daughter, Creston and son, Jordan all of Alexandria; Gray and Meloney Martin, of Rayville, his cousins and friends were his companions throughout his ordeal. He will be missed by numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. The family wishes to express a special thank you to the folks at Mary Anna nursing home in Wisner for the care they gave Mike in his final days.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to St. John Catholic Church, Post Office Box 58, Winnsboro, Louisiana 71295.
Online condolences may be made at www.riserfuneralhomes.com.
Riser Funeral Home
Columbia, LA
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Deeply saddened to hear of Mike's passing. Prayers to his family and friends.
Christa Ray Medaries
June 26, 2014
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family at this time of great loss. May GOD comfort you in the days ahead. I enjoyed Mike's presentations at the many forestry economics seminars he presented.
Mark Hurst
June 18, 2014
praying you are at peace Mike !!
Sandy Tucker
April 30, 2014
My whole family is deeply saddened by the passing of Michael Dunn. We will always have such fond memories of him and Marylyn. God bless him, his family and loved ones.
Susan Herring
April 28, 2014
Please accept my deepest sympathies.
Ken Mancil
April 28, 2014
I was very sad to hear of Mike's passing. He was one of the nicest people I had the honor of knowing. Very sweet man.
Lorene Crockett Broussard
April 26, 2014
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