Samuel Eugene Dunson

(TALLADEGA) The Rev. Samuel Eugene Dunson, 65, of Talladega died Wednesday evening, March 1, 2017, at Talladega Health Care Center.

The homegoing service will be Tuesday, March 7, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church, Riley Street, Roanoke, with the the Rev. Gilbert Staples officiating. Burial will follow in Rock Mills Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 1-6 p.m.

“Good-looking” or “Sam,” as he was affectionately known, was born in Roanoke on Oct. 25, 1951, to the late Virgil Dunson and Ruby Nell Lane Dunson. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Riley Street. Therefore, he began working as a teenager, while still attending Randolph County Training School. He took on many many jobs so he could help himself and his mother. He later transferred to Handley High School, where he graduated with the class of 1971. During its opening in the late 1960s, he went to work for Clark Funeral Home. Soon after, he migrated to Canton, Ohio, and from there to Detroit, where he worked and resided with his uncle and aunt, Robert and Annie Finch. During this time, he completed his paramedic training at Wayne State University and worked as a paramedic for a number of years for the City of Detroit. After several years, he retired from the City of Detroit. While in Detroit, he was licensed to preach and later ordained as a Baptist minister.

He is survived by his brother, Rev. Jeffery D. Rosser (Janice) of Roanoke; two sisters, Lucretia Lane of Roanoke and Janice Johnson of Atlanta; LaVale Nolan, whom he loved and called his son; a host of nieces, nephews, loving cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by siblings, Barbara Ann Slaughter, Judy Dunson, James L. Dunson, Margie Dunson, Donald Dunson and Donald Carter.

Serving as honorary attendants will be his classmates from the graduating class of 1971.

Clark Memorial Funeral Service, Roanoke.