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Richard Speight Bunn 1913–1997 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Sep 1913

Birth Location: Battleboro, Nash, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 20 Mar 1997

Death Location: Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States of America

Father: James Bunn

Mother: Jessie Speight

Spouse(s): Effie Thurman

Children(s): Mary Bunn, James III

Richard Speight Bunn was born in 1913 in Battleboro, Nash, North Carolina, USA, the child of James Pettigrew Bunn And Jessie Powell Speight. Richard Speight Bunn married Effie Virginia Thurman, and had children including James Pettigrew Bunn Iii, Mary Elizabeth Bunn, Richard Speight Bunn Ii. Richard Speight Bunn passed away in 1997 in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Richard Speight Bunn was born in 1913 in Battleboro, Nash, North Carolina, USA, the child of James Pettigrew Bunn And Jessie Powell Speight.
  • Richard Speight Bunn married Effie Virginia Thurman, and had children including James Pettigrew Bunn Iii, Mary Elizabeth Bunn, Richard Speight Bunn Ii.
  • Richard Speight Bunn passed away in 1997 in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Richard Bunn's Ancestors

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Richard Bunn
1913–1997
Birth Place: Battleboro, Nash, North Carolina, USA
Parents
James Pettigrew Bunn
1869–1948
Johnston, North Carolina, USA
Jessie (Powell) Speight
1881–1948
North Carolina
Grandparents
James (Benjamin (Budd) Bunn) Jr
1832–1900
Zebulon, Wake, North Carolina, USA
Sarah (Ann) Westray
1840–1911
Spring Hope, Nash County, North Carolina, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
James Bunn
1784–1863
Obedience O'Neal
1800–1876
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Jr
1765–1819
Katherine Massey
1767–1825

Richard Bunn's Descendants

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Richard (Speight) Bunn (2 Sep 1913–20 Mar 1997) m. Effie (Virginia) Thurman (abt 1917–24 Oct 2005)
  1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Bunn 1946–1968
  2. 2. James (Pettigrew Bunn) III 1945–2013

Richard Bunn's Timeline

2 Records

1913
2 Sep 1913
Birth of Richard Speight Bunn in Battleboro, Nash, North Carolina, USA
Battleboro, Nash, North Carolina, USA
1997
20 Mar 1997
Age 84
Death of Richard Speight Bunn in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA
Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Sep 1913
    Event Place: Battleboro, Nash, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Mar 1997
    Event Place: Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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