Earl W. Dunning, son of the late Albert W. Dunning and Etheal P. Austin Dunning, was born on July 10, 1925 in Frisbee, Missouri, and departed this life on June 22, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 94 years.

Mr. Dunning owned and operated a Mobile Station in Dexter, Missouri for 18 years and he was a former employee of the Swift Company.  He was of the General Baptist faith and a resident of Poplar Bluff, Missouri.

He was united in marriage to Vela Lance on May 27, 1946 in Gideon, Missouri.

He is survived by his wife, Vela Dunning of Poplar Bluff, by his daughter, Vianne Clark and husband Gary of Poplar Bluff; by two grandsons, Jimmy Wayne Young and Carl Clinton; and by three great-grandchildren.

Other than by his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers; and by two sisters.

Funeral services will be conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, June 26, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.  Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.