Mona Gunn

Mona Gunn

Mona Gunn a true advocate for active military families. Gunn, a native of Norfolk and a graduate of St. Joseph's Catholic School, St. Mary's Academy, Norfolk Catholic, and Norfolk State University, was honored for her long-standing commitment to public education as a principal and teacher at Norfolk Public Schools as well as for her groundbreaking leadership in the American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. (AGSM), an organization for mothers whose children died while serving in the US military.

Mrs. Gunn was elected as the organization's first African-American president in 2019 as a result of her twenty years of membership, which has led her on a spiritual and physical journey to interact with other Gold Star families. In addition to carrying on the legacy of her son, Signalman Seaman Cherone Louis Gunn, who was one of the seventeen sailors slain in the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole, Mrs. Gunn has joined the group. On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, an all-school assembly and Mass were celebrated by Mona Taylor Gunn, Class of 1969, was honored by inducting the graduate into the Catholic High Service Hall of Fame.

Furthermore, she always emphasizes that outreach to military survivors is carried out by a multitude of groups, each of which may have distinct goals. To raise awareness and provide assistance, these organizations must work together. Since every individual has different demands, a single organization might be what they require while they are just starting and attempting to get by every hour of the day. As a result, the support groups need