Ethelyn McClellan Sunn Starr was the firstborn daughter of George McClellan Sunn and Willie Lee Moss of Ackerman, MS. Born in 1921, Ethelyn was soon joined in loving company by three sisters and one brother.
Ethelyn attended Ackerman High School and Hinds Jr. College. She proudly contributed to the war effort by filling in as a teacher at a local school during WWII.
In 1944, Ethelyn Sunn married Jack Newton Starr upon his return from the Pacific Theater. A newspaper noted of the union, “We see where two heavenly bodies were united — Starr and Sunn. It should be a happy and brilliant constellation.”
And it was and is, even after their passing. The constellation born in their union consists of many and scattered loved ones who keep them in memory.
Jack preceded Ethelyn in death in 1997.
Ethelyn passed in the evening of Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, in the care of The Orchard, where she lived for the last 19 years.
She is survived by her son Jack; daughter Cherry; grandsons, Joshua and Gabriel; sisters Jean Williams and Pattie Ledford; and brother Jimmy Sunn.
Graveside services will be held at Lakewood Memorial Park on Monday, Feb.18 at 11 a.m.