Robert John 'Bob' Dunham passed away on March 24, 2018 at his home after long battle with cancer. He was a long-time resident of Memphis and moved to Gulf Breeze, FL in 2016 after retiring from First Tennessee Bank. He was born on December 23, 1948 in Passaic, NJ, to Robert & Helen Dunham. Mr. Dunham was an Eagle Scout and graduated from Pope Pius XII High School and Memphis State University.
As a long time basketball and football official with the Arkansas Officials Association, he received the Jerry Hall Award for exceptional service and dedication to the AOA and was inducted into the AOA Hall of Fame in 2015. In addition to conducting numerus camps for the state of Arkansas Mr. Dunham was a co-founder of the East Arkansas Basketball Referee Camp. He served on the National Federation of High School Sports Communication Committee. Mr. Dunham also officiated football at the collegiate level in the AIC, later the Gulf South Conference where he remained active as an evaluator.
Mr. Dunham was preceded in death by his son, David Walker Dunham and his father, Robert Dunham. He leaves his wife of 47 1/2 years, Suzanne Dunham, son John Dunham (Lulie), grandchildren, Maggie and Walker Dunham all of Lawrenceville, Ga., mother Helen Dunham of Newnan, GA, brothers, Bill Dunham (Bonnie) of Piney Flats, TN, Tim Dunham (Debbie) of Whitestone, NY, and Tom Dunham (Beverly) of Newnan, GA. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 27th from 5-8pm at Memorial Park Funeral Home, 5668 Poplar Avenue in Memphis. Funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday, March 28th at 12pm at St. Ann Catholic Church, 6529 Stage Road in Bartlett. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St Jude Children's Research Hospital.