Sam Dunlap
Published 12:00 am Monday, October 27, 2008
Woodville — Services for Sam Finley Dunlap, 90, who died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008, at his residence, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Woodville United Methodist Church in Woodville.
Burial will follow in Providence Memorial Cemetery in Lake Providence, La., under the direction of Newman Funeral Home in Woodville.
Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mr. Dunlap was born May 11, 1918, in Jackson, La., the son of Ernest and Gladys Dunlap. In 1947, after returning from World War II, he married Lois McIntosh. They moved to Lake Providence, La., where they raised their two daughters. For 25 years, he co-owned and operated Norred-Dunlap International. He was a member of the First Methodist Church where he served on the board.
A past president of the Lake Providence Country Club, he also served on the Lake Providence Port Commission and the board of the Deep South Farm Equipment Association. After the death of his first wife, he married Mary Matthews Seal in 1979. Upon retirement, he relocated to Woodville where he resided until his death.
Mr. Dunlap was a decorated U.S. Army veteran of World War II, having served in the European theater.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, two sisters, Dorothy Grant and Pearl Marie “Pud” Kay and a brother, Charles Dunlap.
Survivors include his wife of 29 years Mary Seal Dunlap; two daughters Lesa Cutler and husband David of Albuquerque, N.M. and Linda Carroll and husband Danny of Ruston, La.; one step-son, Stephen Seal and wife Edine; a step-daughter, Mary Ann Carter and husband Danny, all of Woodville; eight grandchildren, Carrie Cutler, David Cutler, Carter Carroll, Jennifer Presley, Charles Seal, Laura Lindsey, William Seal and David Carter and 12 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Charles Seal, William Seal, David Carter, Danny Carroll, Carter Carroll and Tim Lindsey.
The family would like to extend special thanks to Dr. Robert Lewis and the caring staff of Field Memorial Hospital. Shirley Beach and Carolyn O’Bierne for their loving kindness to Mr. Dunlap and his family.