Ella Mae (Scott) Dunsmore

Ella Mae Dunsmore, 92, Gallipolis, Ohio, passed away in the Jenkins Memorial Health Care Center, Wellston, Ohio Thursday December 13, 2012. She was born June 25, 1920 in Gallipolis, daughter of the late Jonah Borden and Cora Scott and reared in the home of her grandfather, the late Charles Scott. She was a 1938 Graduate of Gallia Academy High School, Gallipolis and the Bernice Beauty School, Dayton, Ohio. She was an Antique Dealer who retired as owner-operator of Dunsmore Antiques. Mrs. Dunsmore was an active eighty-plus year member of the Paint Creek Regular Baptist Church where she had served in the Missionary Society and the Sunday School Home Missions. In addition she was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Post 27, Gallipolis.

She married Thomas Edgar Dunsmore November 22, 1947 in Gallipolis and he preceded her in death July 2, 1989. From this union survives their daughter and son-in-law, Cora V. Dunsmore-Johns and Gordon Johns, Pasadena, California. Also surviving are several cousins with special cousin Joyce Davis, Gallipolis and her children, Donovan and Hollie Davis, Columbus, Ohio.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday December 19, 2012 at the Paint Creek Regular Baptist Church, 833 Third Avenue, Gallipolis with Rev. Harry Scott and Rev. Edward Buffington, officiating. Burial will follow in the Pine Street Cemetery, Gallipolis. Friends may call Tuesday at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, 420 First Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio, 4:00-7:00 PM.

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