Gloria Faye Dunn

Gloria Faye Dunn was born June 18, 1938 to George and Sue Willie (Smith) Dunn in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Gloria was peacefully called from labor to eternal rest on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at the Yorkland Care Center in Columbus, Ohio.

Gloria was united in marriage to Elijah Banks on April 29, 1958. Gloria was a dedicated housewife and mother to three children.

The word of God was planted in Gloria’s heart at sixteen years of age in Flouree, Mississippi in 1954. She was a member of Evergreen M V Church until she married and relocated to Chicago, Illinois.

She and her husband moved to Lima, Ohio where she was a member of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church for many years. After that she and her husband moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi where she attended Evergreen M V Baptist Church. Later they relocated to Columbus, Ohio where she was a faithful member of Kingdom Christian Center under Minister Lonnie Keene.

Gloria’s passing grieves the hearts of family and friends, as she was a very devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend to many. We take comfort in the word of the Lord that she is absent from the body and present with the Lord.

She is preceded in death by her parents, George and Sue Willie Dunn, her sister, Pauline Crayton.

She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Elijah Banks of Columbus, Ohio; three children, Wanda Plair of Columbus; Bridgett (Darrin) Buxton of Columbus; Elijah (Vera) Banks of Chicago, IL; her siblings, Ineze Blanch of Chicago and Russell (Tenny) Dunn of Indianola, Mississippi her brother-in-law, Joseph Crayton, Sr. of St. Louis, MO. Also survived by her grandchildren, Elijah Plair of Columbus, Teja’ Plair of Columbus and Elysia Banks of Chicago; her great grandchildren, Unikue’ Brown and X’Zaria Armstrong of Columbus, Ohio. She also leaves an Aunt, Delia Johnson of St. Louis, MO; a special niece, Shirley McQueen of St. Louis and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends.

Funeral Services will be conducted Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 10 a.m. at New Hope Baptist Church with Rev. Harvey Capers, officiating and Rev. David Kelly doing the Eulogy. There will be no calling hours.

Burial will follow in Shawnee Cemetery, Lima, Ohio.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Siferd-Orians Funeral Home.

Condolences can be left at wwwsiferd-oriansfuneralhome.com.

A special message from her sister, Ineze Blanch:

“To my sister Gloria, I will miss your soft, sweet voice and your calls that always begun with ‘Hi Ineze, I was calling to check on you.’ I know I will not hear from you on this earthly realm again but I will hear from you in the heavenly realm. Gloria, I thank God for the time we share in this late life, and I bless you as your journey into eternal life.”

Your sister,

Ineze Blanch