Sara Ella Ellison Dunaway

Sara Ella Ellison Dunaway Sara Ella Ellison Dunaway passed on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at the age of 83 at her home. She was born March 8, 1926 in Tallahassee, Florida. She graduated from Leon High School and received her degree from the Florida State College for Women. She worked at Sealy School with Principal M.O. Harrison for many years. She opened Sara's Christmas Corner in 1981 and was in business for 18 years. She was a member of the Baby's Breath Tallahassee Garden Club, Elkettes, Colonel's Club, Town Club, the War and Reconstruction Krewe of Springtime Tallahassee. She was also a member of Trinity Methodist Church. She was an avid fan of the Atlanta Braves and supporter of Gretchen Everhart School. She is preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Eugene Paul Dunaway, III; her son, Robert Ellison Dunaway; her parents, Ovid Ernest "Bunch" Ellison and Alice Petty Ellison. She is survived by her son, Dr. Cliff Sheldon Dunaway and wife Jennifer, her daughter, Debra Lyn Dunaway Taube and her husband Jim. She was a devoted grandmother to Eugene P. Dunaway, IV, Ava Dunaway, Sara Dunaway, Lyn Alice Taube and Stephany Wattles. Her great-grandchildren were Justin, Cole, Lauren and Logan Lawson. Other survivors include her brother Ernest Ellison and wife Evelyn, her sister Eva Ann and husband Don Belcher, brother-in-law, Tom Dunaway and wife, Joyce and a host of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at Culley's Meadowood Funeral Home (850-877- 8191) on Riggins Road at 11 a.m. EST Thursday, February 11, 2010. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 from 5 to 7 p.m. EST. Internment at Roselawn Cemetery. Those desiring may make memorial donations to Big Bend Hospice of Tallahassee.