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His civic contributions included the [[Salvation Army]], [[United Way]], [[Chamber of Commerce]], [[Young Men's Christian Association]], Little Theater, and the Rapides Symphony Orchestra. For nearly six decades, he was a member and president of the Alexandria chapter of Rotary International and a Paul Harris Fellow of that organization. With his lifelong friend Edwin Caplan, an Alexandria clothing merchant, Dunbar created the Rotary "Service Above Self" Award to honor those who work generously for community needs. He was a senior warden and vestryman at St. James [[Episcopal ]]Church in Alexandria.<ref name=ttt/>
His civic contributions included the [[Salvation Army]], [[United Way]], [[Chamber of Commerce]], [[Young Men's Christian Association]], Little Theater, and the Rapides Symphony Orchestra. For nearly six decades, he was a member and president of the Alexandria chapter of Rotary International and a Paul Harris Fellow of that organization. With his lifelong friend Edwin Caplan, an Alexandria clothing merchant, Dunbar created the Rotary "Service Above Self" Award to honor those who work generously for community needs. He was a senior warden and vestryman at St. James [[Episcopal ]]Church in Alexandria.<ref name=ttt/>
==Death and family==
==Death and family==
Dunbar died in the summer of 2014 at the age of eighty-two. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Phyllis Dean Nanney (1935-2001), a native of Hendersonville, [[North Carolina]]. The couple had three surviving children, Dr. S. Ross Dunbar of Prescott, [[Arizona]]; Melanie Dunbar Jurgensen and husband, Michael, of Alexandria; and Dianna Kathleen Dunbar of [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], and four grandchildren.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?pid=172335383|title=Samuel Ross Dunbar|publisher='[[The Town Talk (Alexandria)|The Alexandria Town Talk]]''|accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref>
Dunbar died in 2014 at the age of eighty-two. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Phyllis Dean Nanney (1935-2001), a native of Hendersonville, [[North Carolina]]. The couple had three surviving children, Dr. S. Ross Dunbar of Prescott, [[Arizona]]; Melanie Dunbar Jurgensen and husband, Michael, of Alexandria; and Dianna Kathleen Dunbar of [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], and four grandchildren.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?pid=172335383|title=Samuel Ross Dunbar|publisher='[[The Town Talk (Alexandria)|The Alexandria Town Talk]]''|accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref>
The Dunbars are interred along with his parents at Greenwood Memorial Park in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], Louisiana.<ref name=findagrave/>
The Dunbars are interred along with his parents at Greenwood Memorial Park in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], Louisiana.<ref name=findagrave/>