Robert B. Dunbar

Robert B. Dunbar CRAWFORDVILLE - Robert B. Dunbar, 90, a retired U.S. Army officer, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Marion Scott Pollock Dunbar. The service will be at 2 p.m. EST Sunday at Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, Riggins Road Chapel in Tallahassee (850-877-8191), with burial at Florida National Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Big Bend Hospice,1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32308. He was born Sept. 20, 1914, in Shickshinny, Pa. At the age of 21, Bob left the farm to enlist in the Army Air Corps, where he began a successful military career. His service included serving as a heavy-bomber radio operator and gunner, flying anti-submarine patrols in the Gulf and Atlantic and combat missions in New Guinea and the Philippines and serving as part of the occupation forces in Japan when World War II ended. His military service awards include the Bronze Star with Cluster, American Campaign with Bronze Star, Asiatic-Pacific with Arrowhead and three Bronze Stars and the Korean Service Medal with six Bronze Stars. After retiring from military service in 1956, Bob began a career in private life that included managing DeLeon Springs in Volusia County, working with the EEO office in Lake County, working with Planned Parenthood, serving as director of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce and later teaching 55 Alive defensive driving classes in Leon and Wakulla counties. Bob was active in a number of military-service associations including MOWW, TROA, the VFW and the American Legion. He established the Scottish heritage Clan Dunbar in the United States and served as chieftain for many years. Other survivors include a daughter, Barbara Taillifer (and husband Roger); two sons, Robert Bruce Dunbar (and wife Beverly) and James Dunbar (and wife Patricia); two brothers, John and Andrew Dunbar; a sister, Louise Seamans (and husband Ted); eight grandchildren, Laura, Anita, Sharon, Sue, Robert, Allison, Jennifer and Heather; and seven great-grandchildren.