Imelda Ann Dunbar

Imelda Ann Broussard Dunbar, age 83, passed away on Sunday, December 26, 2021, at the First Health Hospice House. She was born in Sulphur, Louisiana on May 20, 1938, to Swinfred J. and Marguerite (Richard) Broussard.  Imelda  grew up in New Iberia, LA.. She married Robert C. Dunbar Jr. and spent 63 sweet and treasured years together; raising five children, witnessing in-laws join, and watching 8 grandchildren and 12 great-children born to the family. 

Imelda was an accomplished, classically trained pianist, organist, and music teacher and shared her gifts with churches and various communities in which she lived over the decades. Some of the local churches she played for were St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Southern Pines, NC, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pinehurst, NC, St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Winston-Salem, NC. She also played the organ and piano at the Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Kinston, NC. 

Imelda is survived by her children, Marie Cummings (John) of Carthage, NC, Margaret Cutright (Wayne) of Raleigh, NC, Ron Dunbar (Debbie) of Nashville, IN, Swin Spivey (Aaron) of MD, and her daughter-in-law Lea Dunbar of Arizona. She will be dearly missed by her many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her late husband, Robert C. Dunbar, Jr.  on August 16, 2020. She is also predeceased by her son, Robert C. Dunbar, III (December 9, 1999), her grandson Andrew M. Dunbar (August 13, 2021) and her great grandson, Jacob J. Dunbar (April 2, 2007)..

In lieu of flowers, please donate to Save the Music Foundation www.savethemusic.org, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital stjude.org or National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) nami.org.

Fry & Prickett Funeral Home is serving the Dunbar family.

Condolences may be posted online at pinesfunerals.com