Eve R. Dunaway

Eve Robuck Dunaway, age 82, passed away at her home in Griffin, Georgia on June 16, 2015. The older of two children, she was born November 14, 1932 in Cordele, Georgia to Benjamin Edwin Robuck, an architect, and Mildred Jones Robuck, a former teacher and homemaker. After growing up in College Park, Georgia, she attended the University of Georgia for two years before transferring to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was a member of the ADPi sorority, the UNC cheerleading squad and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History in 1955. She returned to the Atlanta area following graduation to teach at the Park Lane Elementary School in East Point, Georgia. In 1956 she married James Boyd Dunaway, who graduated from the Emory School of Medicine. After completing a residency at Emory-Grady Hospital in Atlanta, the couple moved to Biloxi, Mississippi where Jim served as a Captain in the Air Force through 1961. They moved to Griffin, Georgia in 1962, where she lived until her passing. In 1992, she earned a law degree from John Marshall School of Law in Atlanta. Eve was an avid gardener, golfer, beachcomber and bridge player. She was also active in the local community including a member of the First Baptist Church, the Griffin Historical Society, Wisteria Garden Club, the Griffin Utility Club, and the Rotary Club as a Rotarianne. She was predeceased by her husband, mother and father, and her brother Benjamin Edwin Robuck. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Dr. James Boyd Dunaway, Jr. and Lynn Peters Dunaway and their children James and Blair of Griffin, Georgia; a daughter, Diane Dunaway Boles and her husband James Sanders Boles and their daughter Daysha of Greensboro, North Carolina; daughter Ginny Dunaway Hobbs and husband Michael Dickinson Hobbs, Jr. and their children Evelyn, Ted and Virginia of Atlanta, Georgia. She is also survived by sisters-in-law, Dell Dunaway of Seaford, Delaware and Sally Bates of Bainbridge, Georgia; a niece, Evelyn Dunaway Thompson and her husband Bob of Houston, Texas and their daughter Elizabeth Thompson Beasley; and nephews John Dunaway of Walnut Creek, California, Bob Dunaway of Seaford, Delaware, and nephew Benjamin Edwin Robuck III and his wife Angela Orler Robuck and their children, Susannah and John of Newnan, Georgia. A special thanks goes out to caregivers Emma Daniel, Melissa Bankston, Kourtney Phillips, Teresa Taylor and Lisa Mayes for their unending support. Please join the family to celebrate the life of Eve Robuck Dunaway on Friday, June 26 from 4:30 to 8:30 pm at 672 Maple Drive, Griffin, GA. A graveside service will be held Saturday, June 27 at 10:00 a.m. at the Oak Hill Cemetery, Old Section, Griffin, Georgia. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the First Baptist Church Christmas Toy Shop, 106 W. Taylor St., Griffin, GA 30223, the Griffin-Spalding Humane Society, P.O. Box 758, Experiment, GA 30212 or the Griffin Historical Society, 633 Meriwether Street, Griffin, GA 30224 in Mrs. Dunaway’s memory.

Eve R. Dunaway

November 14, 1932 - June 16, 2015