Mrs. Flossie Mavis Savage Dunston

January 18, 1923 - December 1, 2018

Flossie Mavis Savage Dunston ROCKY MOUNT - Flossie Mavis Savage Dunston passed away early Saturday morning, December 1, 2018 at the Wilson House in Wilson, North Carolina. She was 95 years old. Flossie was born in Edgecombe County, Tarboro, North Carolina on January 18, 1923 and was the only child of Dicey Newton and Benjamin Johnson. Flossie Mavis was reared by her foster parents Martha (Pittman) and John William Savage following the early untimely death of her mother Dicey Newton. Flossie attended the Wimberley School and graduated as Valedictorian from the Brick Tri-County High School on May 15, 1941. Flossie entered nursing school at the hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina. She received a nursing degree and became registered in the state of North Carolina as a RN on April 17, 1946. During that year, one of the top news headlines was the birth of quadruplet African American babies in Reidsville, North Carolina. Flossie was the nurse that cared for the infants in the hospital and at the infants’ home after leaving the hospital. Flossie married James Edward Dunston on September 11, 1947. In addition to her North Carolina nursing certification, Flossie was certified as a Registered Nurse by the State of Virginia and the State of Illinois. She earned her Bachelors of Science Degree in Nursing from Loyola University and was certified as a Public Health Nurse in the State of Illinois. Although raised Baptist, Flossie and James became Lutheran and joined Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church in Chicago, Illinois. Flossie has worked with a team of physiologists and social workers, the Chicago City Health Department, and within the Chicago School System as the school nurse and as a health teacher. In 1975, Flossie returned to North Carolina and accepted a job as the Public Health Nurse/Nurse Practitioner in Rocky Mount. In addition to being a lifetime member of the NAACP, she received the Unsung Heroine Award and Outstanding Service Award. Flossie is survived by her husband, James, a son, Michael, daughter-in-law Noretha, three grandsons, Michael, Jr., Nathaniel, Norman, and a sister Rosa Lee Stephens as well as a host of in-laws, nieces, nephews, and cousins. Flossie and James were members of Trinity Lutheran Church in Rocky Mount. Services will be held at 2:00 PM this Sunday, December 9th at Trinity Lutheran Church, 433 S Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount. In lieu of flowers donations maybe given to Trinity Lutheran Church. Church telephone: 252-443-7462