Born March 5, 1931 in Barren Springs, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Bert Anderson Viars and Maggie Gravley Viars.
Survivors include her loving husband, R.D. Dunaway; four children, Dennis Dunaway (Marie), Denise Matthews (Darryl), Dena Coley (Russell) and Daryl Dunaway; brother, Porter Viars (Margaret); sister, Martha Lawson (Harold); grandchildren, Jessie Ard (Judson), Jason Dunaway (Jenny) Justin Dunaway (Brandi), Tray Matthews (Jan), Cody Matthews, Rusty Coley (Christina), Dustin Coley (Ashley), Travis Coley (Olivia), April Coley, Kimberly Dunaway and Adam Dunaway; 17 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 22, 2019 in the chapel of Bernstein Funeral Home with Pastor Le Gibson officiating. Family will receive friends from noon until time of service Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park.
Bernstein Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.