NEVA DUNNING

DELTA -- Neva Marie Dunning, 86, of Delta died Friday, May 19, 2000, at Chaffee Nursing Center.

She was born March 12, 1914, at Chaffee, daughter of Robert and Sava Jane Merideth Shelton. She and Benjamin Elvis Dunning were married Oct. 7, 1933. He died Feb. 7, 1965.

Dunning was a member of First Baptist Church.

Survivors include two sons, Larry Dunning of Delta, Jerry Dunning of Cape Coral, Fla.; three daughters, Sharon Russom and Sue Kinder of Delta, Shirley Reiman of Fruitland; a brother, Havern Shelton of Chaffee; 16 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by four brothers and a sister.

Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee after 4 p.m. Sunday.

Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the chapel, with the Rev. Eric Hodge officiating. Burial will be in Hitt Cemetery near Arbor.