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Mon July 16, 2012
The Commonwealth

Lawmaker Dewayne Bunch Remembered

Credit Greg Kocher/The Herald-Leader
State House Minority Whip Danny Ford, R-Mount Vernon, was among the pallbearers at Sunday's funeral for former state Rep. Dewayne Bunch, who died Wednesday at age 50.

More than 450 people turned out Sunday for the funeral of former Republican state lawmaker Dewayne Bunch, who was hailed as "a man of valor." Bunch, 50, who died Wednesday, suffered a head injury last year while trying to break up a fight at Whitley County High School, where he was a teacher.