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Dunn attended Bossier High School, did not graduate, but obtained a General Equivalency Diploma in 1947. He served two years in the [[United States Navy]], having been stationed aboard the ''U.S.S. Richmond''. In 2009, Dunn was nevertheless named to the Bossier High School Hall of Fame, along with the internationally known neurological surgeon Dr. Arthur L. Day (Class of 1965) and the tax scholar Hoffman F. Fuller (Class of 1950), the son of former [[Bossier City]] [[Mayor]] Hoffman L. Fuller (1899-1983).<ref name=forum>{{cite web|url=http://digital.turn-page.com/i/3726/4|title=Hall of Fame: Bossier High School honors alumni|publisher=''The Forum Newsweekly'' magazine|date=October 21, 2009|accessdate=January 20, 2015}}</ref>  

Dunn attended Bossier High School, did not graduate, but obtained a General Equivalency Diploma in 1947. He served two years in the [[United States Navy]], having been stationed aboard the ''U.S.S. Richmond''. In 2009, Dunn was nevertheless named to the Bossier High School Hall of Fame, along with the internationally known neurological surgeon Dr. Arthur L. Day (Class of 1965) and the tax scholar Hoffman F. Fuller (Class of 1950), the son of former [[Bossier City]] [[Mayor]] Hoffman L. Fuller (1899-1983).<ref name=forum>{{cite web|url=http://digital.turn-page.com/i/3726/4|title=Hall of Fame: Bossier High School honors alumni|publisher=''The Forum Newsweekly'' magazine|date=October 21, 2009|accessdate=January 20, 2015}}</ref>  

While they were still teenagers, Dunn married the former Rachel Nelson (also born 1928). The couple had three children: Linda Dunn Turner (born 1947), Robby Jack Dunn (1949-2017),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=robby-jack-dunn&pid=186966176|title=Robby Dunn Obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=October 15, 2017|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref> and James Forrest "Jimmy" Dunn (1952–1985), who perished in an automobile accident in [[Oklahoma]]. The Dunns subsequently divorced, and Forrest Dunn married the former Donna Young (born 1943). The first Mrs. Dunn later married former state Senator Don W. Williamson, originally from Vivian in northern Caddo Parish, and later of Shreveport. Williamson was widowed from his first wife, the former Norma Herring of Vivian. Williamson, like Dunn, spent years in the furniture business.<ref>Billy Hathorn, "The Williamsons of Caddo Parish: A Political 'Mini-Dynasty'", ''North Louisiana History'', Winter 2008, pp. 33-.</ref> Dunn had two brothers, George Ellis Dunn (1939–2002) and James Wayne Dunn, who died in 2004.

While they were still teenagers, Dunn married the former Rachel Nelson (also born 1928). The couple had three children: Linda Dunn Turner (born 1947), Robby Jack Dunn (1949-2017),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=robby-jack-dunn&pid=186966176|title=Robby Dunn Obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=October 17, 2017|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref> and James Forrest "Jimmy" Dunn (1952–1985), who perished in an automobile accident in [[Oklahoma]]. The Dunns subsequently divorced, and Forrest Dunn married the former Donna Young (born 1943). The first Mrs. Dunn later married former state Senator Don W. Williamson, originally from Vivian in northern Caddo Parish, and later of Shreveport. Williamson was widowed from his first wife, the former Norma Herring of Vivian. Williamson, like Dunn, spent years in the furniture business.<ref>Billy Hathorn, "The Williamsons of Caddo Parish: A Political 'Mini-Dynasty'", ''North Louisiana History'', Winter 2008, pp. 33-.</ref> Dunn had two brothers, George Ellis Dunn (1939–2002) and James Wayne Dunn, who died in 2004.

Dunn was a salesman prior to launching Dunn Furniture Company which operated for three decades: 1955-1985. The main location was at 4001 Jewella Avenue in Shreveport, and a second outlet was launched on Line Avenue.<ref name=forum/> Son Robby Dunn assisted in the store for a number of years and later ran a flea market. Dunn said that so many changes had occurred in the production, marketing, and sale of furniture over the years that it was "too much to mention."  

Dunn was a salesman prior to launching Dunn Furniture Company which operated for three decades: 1955-1985. The main location was at 4001 Jewella Avenue in Shreveport, and a second outlet was launched on Line Avenue.<ref name=forum/> Son Robby Dunn assisted in the store for a number of years and later ran a flea market. Dunn said that so many changes had occurred in the production, marketing, and sale of furniture over the years that it was "too much to mention."