Service Announcements

Location of Memorial Service: Mt Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, 381 Crestdale Rd, Matthews, NC

Time of Service: October, 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM

William Louis Nunn was born on November 16, 1938, to the late James Nunn Sr. and Ella Maude Farrow Nunn in Durham County NC. At an early age he joined Barbee´s Chapel Church in Chapel Hill, NC where he accepted Christ. After graduating from Horton High School in Pittsboro, NC, he served in the US Army from 1957 – 1960 as a Communications Specialist. He migrated to New York City and lived with his aunt, while attending RCA Institute. While in New York he ran into his High School Homeroom teacher, Mrs. Honeycutt, who told him that his classmate Ruby Headen had also moved to NYC with her sisters. He reached out to Ruby, and they started dating. He married Ruby Delois Headen on September 29, 1962. To this union three daughters were born, Michelle Lerue Smith (Herbert), Lisa Olivia Nunn, and Lori Venesia Nunn. He moved his family to Plainfield, NJ in 1968. While living in Plainfield, NJ he was a member of the Prince Hall Masonic Lodge. He went on to attend Union County College and the New Jersey Institute of Technology where he earned a degree in Electronic Engineering. William had a 30-year career as a Radio Frequency Engineer in the Aerospace Industry. He worked for RCA, GE Aerospace, and Lockheed Martin where he retired in 2000. After retiring he and his wife Ruby moved back to Moncure, NC where they built a new home and lived for twenty-two years. He and Ruby moved to Merida, Mexico to live with their daughter Lisa after being diagnosed with Alzheimer´s disease, where they remained until he passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 2, 2024. William was proceeded in death by his parents James  and Ella Nunn, three sisters Alma Elizabeth (James) Jones, Mary Pauline Andrews and Phyllis Marie Wallington and two brothers James Nunn Jr. (Addie) and Charles Howard Nunn (Ann).He is survived by his three daughters Michelle Lerue Smith (Herbert), Lisa Olivia Nunn, and Lori Venesia Nunn, granddaughter Faith Nicole Smith, brother-in-law Wesley Andrews and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.