From the Appleton City Journal, Appleton, Missouri, Jan. 30., 1930:
Deepwater Farmer dies of Rabies-Clinton, Missouri-Jan. 27-William Dunning, a well-knnown farmer of Deepwater was stricken by rabies Saturday night, and was taken to the Humansville Hospital, where he died this morning. During the holidays Mr. Dunning and his grandson, A. G. Dunning, were playing with some police puppies and one of these bit him. A. G. Dunning toook the serum treatment, but the elder man refused to take the precautionary measures.

From a paper in Clinton, Missouri:
William Henry Dunning was born August 7th, 1853, at his late home, 1 1/2 miles northwest of Deepwater. He was the youngest of a family of 11 children, and a son of William Henry & Nancy Ann McFarland Dunning, emigrants of Walona, Kentucky, and settled the old Dunning homestead in the fall of 1848, where William Dunning was born and reared. He departed this life January 27, 1930, at the new Humansville hospital, where he was taken the day previous. His illness was of short duration and all was done for him that his loved ones knew to do. He was 76 years, 5 months, and 20 days old. He was united in marriage to Lillie Jane Groom, July 13, 1884, and to them ten children were born. Two have preceded him in death-the oldest son Harry, and the third son, Hardaman. His widow, one sister and 8 other children are left to mourn his going, and are as follows: Mrs. W. H. Dunning and the following children, W. R. Dunning, Loomis, Calif.; Mrs. Geo. Braun, Clinton; Mrs. W. E. Dunning, Mrs. Ivey Williams, Mrs. W. E. Scrogham and Joe Dunning, Deepwater, and J. W. Dunning, Brownington, and Nannie Mae Dunning at home; also leaves 20 grandchildren and his aged sister, who is Miss Nancy Jane Dunning,and the only surviving member of his family. With her he has spent his life, and by her he will be sadly missed, as well as bu his family. His funeral services were held at his home, Friday Jan. 31st.

Children of William & Lillie:
Harry, William, Charlotte Adeline, Mary, Hardaman, Lillie Katherine, John, Allie Belle, Joel, & Nannie Mae.

William and Lillie also raised grandchildren William Harold, Aletha, and Alfred Gordon after their son and wife, Harry Lee and Lena, died within 3 days of each other, Christmas 1918, during the influenza epidemic.

William was first buried in Dunning Cemetery near Deepwater, Mo. The cemetery was moved to Englewood Cemetery when Truman Lake was built.