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One of three sons, Dunn was born in Plain Dealing in northern Bossier Parish to George Forrest Dunn, Sr., and the former Gladys Malone. The senior Dunn was a native of Bradley in southwestern [[Arkansas]]. Three other Louisiana Democratic political figures also have roots in tiny Plain Dealing: former [[U.S. Representative]] [[Joe Waggonner]], his brother, former [[Sheriff]] [[Willie Waggonner]], and the late state Treasurer Andrew Patrick "Pat" Tugwell (1889-1976).  

One of three sons, Dunn was born in Plain Dealing in northern Bossier Parish to George Forrest Dunn, Sr., and the former Gladys Malone. The senior Dunn was a native of Bradley in southwestern [[Arkansas]]. Three other Louisiana Democratic political figures also have roots in tiny Plain Dealing: former [[U.S. Representative]] [[Joe Waggonner]], his brother, former [[Sheriff]] [[Willie Waggonner]], and the late state Treasurer Andrew Patrick "Pat" Tugwell (1889-1976).  

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 Fuller]].<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 Lee Fuller]].<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=https://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 (1943-2014), a Shreveport social worker who died of complications from surgery. She had two sons, Bryan and Austin Beard, from a previous marriage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=126623186|title=Donna Young Dunn|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</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=https://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 (1943-2014), a Shreveport social worker who died of complications from surgery. She had two sons, Bryan and Austin Beard, from a previous marriage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=126623186|title=Donna Young Dunn|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref>