Lillie Lou “Rena” Dunigan, age 98, of Tollesboro, Kentucky passed away Monday, April 6, 2026, at Maysville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Maysville, Kentucky, surrounded by her loving family.
She was born Monday, September 12, 1927, in Lewis County, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Samuel and Erma Polley Dunigan.
Rena was a faithful member of Hickory Grove Christian Holiness Church and a Sunday School Superintendent for the Kentucky Christian Holiness Conference, and a Kentucky Colonel. She loved going to church, singing in church, sitting on front porch, mowing grass, cooking for her family and church family. She was labeled as one of Mason County’s Finest Pioneers, July 18, 2015.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Tink Dunigan, Chick Dunigan, Russell “Hop” Dunigan; one sister, Betty Henderson; one brother-in-law, Hiram “Tooter” Henderson; four sisters-in-law, Anna Lee Dunigan, Dorothy Dunigan, Pauline Dunigan and Beatrice Dunigan.
Rena is survived by one nephew, Larry (Tammy) Henderson, Mandy, Ashley and Ada of Tollesboro, Kentucky; two nieces, Sherry (Scott) Porter, Tiffany, Wade and Justin of Olive Hill, Kentucky, Tammy (Lloyd) White and Haley of Maysville, Kentucky; two brothers, Lovell Dunigan of Maysville, Kentucky, Duke Dunigan of Vanceburg, Kentucky; one sister-in-law, Mickie Dunigan of Vanceburg, Kentucky; several great nieces and nephews; two special friends, Sue Kennedy and Peggy Mason Applegate; along with many other family and friends who will sadly miss her.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Friday, April 10, 2026, at Tollesboro Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 11918 KY 57, Tollesboro, Kentucky, with Brother David Hickerson and Brother Mike Blanton officiating. Burial will follow in Muses Chapel Cemetery in Vanceburg, Kentucky.
Friends may visit after 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 10, 2026, until the service hour at Tollesboro Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
Scott Porter, Lloyd White, Justin Kennedy, Drew Noble, Katsumi Wellman, Jeremy Noble, Gary Hunt and Billy Dryden will serve as pallbearers.
Lovell Dunigan, Larry Henderson, John Quillin, Duke Dunigan, Landon Quillin, Blake Bevins, Charles Emmons, Jack Quillin Logan Bevins and Wade Kennedy will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Tollesboro Funeral Home and Cremation Services is honored to serve the family of Lillie Lou “Rena” Dunigan.
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