Submitted by Gary Harbin.

Daily Citizen News (February 1984)
Mr. Demetrius W. Lunsford, 66, of Chatsworth, died Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. at his residence. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Opal Rogers Lunsford; three daughters, Mrs. Nina Bowman of Rocky Face, Miss Doris Lunsford of Atlanta, and Mrs. Jeanette Sluder of Chatsworth; two sons, Edwin Lunsford of Chatsworth and Grover Lunsford of Calhoun; six grand-children; two great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Jewell Davis of Greensboro, Ga., Mrs. Velma Wright of Varnell, Mrs. Willene Hewit of Decatur, Ala., and Mrs. Irene Cameron of Gadsden Ala., one brother, Kenneth Lunsford of Decatur, Ala.; one aunt; a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Holly Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Damon Smith and the Rev. Bill Worley officiating. Burial will follow in Holly Creek Cemetery.