Nona Tunnard

A retired clerk for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, she died at 2:05 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, at Golden Age Nursing Home in Denham Springs. She was 85, a resident of Baton Rouge and a native of McAlester, Okla. Visiting at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway, on Friday, Aug. 19, from 1 p.m. until chapel service at 2:30 p.m., conducted by Pastor Ron Turner. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Survived by a son and daughterinlaw, James D. Duke and Judy Tunnard two daughtersinlaw, Patsy Sibley Tunnard and Suzanne Daries and five grandchildren, Blake Tunnard, Tandi Tunnard, Chad Tunnard, Gabe Tunnard and Tommy Roy. Preceded in death by her husband, James D. Tunnard Jr. son, Walter Keith Flap Tunnard and parents, Joe and Lenny Colvin. Pallbearers will be her grandsons and Greg Gaudin and E.J. Daigle. Honorary pallbearer is Gary Rock Rockford. She was a member of Elks Lodge and Telephone Pioneers of America. Memorial donations may be made to Life Source Hospice, 3049 S. Sherwood Forest Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70816. The family would like to thank Life Source Hospice and Golden Age Nursing Home for the care given to Mrs. Tunnard.

Visitation

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Friday, August 19, 2011
1pm2:30pm

Service

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Friday, August 19, 2011
2:30pm

Cemetery

Resthaven Gardens of Memory
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816

Memorial Contributions

3049 South Sherwood Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA  70816