Mrs. Jenny Wood Kimbrel Bunn
WINSTON-SALEM - Mrs. Jenny Wood Kimbrel
Bunn died peacefully at her home on Tuesday, July
6, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Kimbrel, and her brother,
Charles Daniel Kimbrel.
Jenny was born in Atlanta, Georgia on November 27,
1945. She grew up in Thomson, and graduated from
Converse College in 1967. She received her master's degree
in special education from Georgia State University in 1969
and taught special education in Winston-Salem for several
years. She married her devoted husband, James A. Bunn III,
on August 2, 1969 and has lived in Winston-Salem for 41
years. Jenny was a member of Centenary United Methodist
Church. She was actively involved in her community
and she valued her many friendships. She was a member
of the Winston-Salem Junior League and the Friends of
Brookgreen Gardens, and she was a past board member
of Summit School, Horizons Residential Care Center, and
The Children's Theater. Jenny was twice chairman of the
Antiques Show to benefit Brenner Children's Hospital as
well as chairman of the Winterlark gala to benefit the Wake
Forest University Cancer Patient Support Program. She was
serving on the Brenner Children's Hospital Advisory Board
and the Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer
Center Regional Advisory Board at the time of her death. In
addition to service, Jenny had a lifetime passion for travel.
She is survived by her husband, two daughters and sonsin-
law: Kimbrel Bunn Morris and her husband, Trip, in
Charlotte, NC, and Jane Bunn Saunders "Teebie" and her
husband, Jamie, in San Francisco, CA. Her most special
love was for her three grandsons, Charles Lewis Morris,
Alexander James Morris, and George Monroe Saunders.
The Memorial Service was held at Centenary United
Methodist Church on Saturday, July 10, at 11 a.m., by the
Rev. Jack Yarborough and Dr. Michael Brown.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Centenary
United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 658, 27102; Derrick
L. Davis Forsyth Regional Cancer Center, 3333 Silas Creek
Parkway, 27103; or Brenner Children's Hospital, WFU
Comprehensive Cancer Center, or the WFU Cancer Patient
Support Program all three c/o Development Office, Medical
Center Boulevard, WS/NC 27157.
Web posted on Thursday, July 15, 2010
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