Mary Ruth Dunlap
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Mary Ruth Dunlap, 98, passed away December 20, 2020. She was born to John Langley and Mary Jane Hall Langley on July 17, 1922 in Gun Town, Mississippi. She was a long time member of Wells Station Baptist Church and enjoyed bowling and playing softball. She also had a passion for golf, she began playing in her twenties and continued to play well into her nineties. Mrs. Dunlap played on many leagues throughout the years including a Ladies league at Audubon Park.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jessie Mayes Dunlap and her nine siblings.
She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Dunlap Norred (Curtis); son, Danny Mayes Dunlap (Janie); grandchildren, Bradley Dunlap, Christopher Dunlap, Kendall Bryant, Kim Barbee, Kelly Shank, Lainie Gilroy, and Shelby Norred; eleven great-grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
A private interment will be held at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, 4000 Forest Hill Irene Road, Memphis, Tennessee on Friday January 29 at 10:15 a.m.