Oren Dunn City Museum receives $5,000 donation
The Oren Dunn City Museum accepted a $5,000 donation Monday morning.
Posted: Feb 8, 2021 5:57 PM
Posted By: Zac Carlisle
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - The Oren Dunn City Museum accepted a $5,000 donation Monday morning.
Director of Parks Alex Farned accepted the donation made by the Elaine Dundy & Roy Turner Endowment for the Arts.
Oren Dunn City Museum curator Leesha Faulkner (left), Parks & Rec. Director Alex Farned, Roy Turner (right)
Dundy, an actress, novelist, biographer and playwright, spent time in Tupelo several decades ago researching and writing Elvis and Gladys, published in 1985.
She left the seeds for the endowment with Turner before she died in 2008.