GENE DAMON DUNLAP, 68, OF SOD DIED MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1997 AT THOMAS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN SO. CHARLESTON AFTER AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK.
HE WAS A RETIRED WEIGHMASTER AT UNION CARBIDE WITH 35 YEARS SERVICE, AND A FORMER D.O.T. OFFICER FOR THE WV PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT IN CHARLESTON AND HE ALSO WORKED AS A DOOR KEEP FOR THE WV STATE SENATE. HE WAS THE CURRENT PASTOR OF OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH AT JULIAN AND WAS A FORMER PASTOR OF THE PINE GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH AT MCCORKLE. HE WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF LINCOLN COUNTY AND HE SERVED AS A HONOR GUARD IN THE THIRD INFANTRY DURING THE KOREAN CONFLICT.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS: WIFE: BETTY HARLAN DUNLAP; 1 DAUGHTER: MELISSA WHEELER OF SOD, WV; 4 SONS: TONY DUNLAP OF CHARLESTON, WV; ROBERT DUNLAP OF YAWKEY, WV; JEFFERY DUNLAP OF SO. CHARLESTON, WV; JONATHAN DUNLAP OF SO. CHARLESTON, WV; 2 SISTERS: LORAINE HORNSBY OF SOD, WV; JANET SCITES OF HURRICANE, WV; 2 BROTHERS: JERRY DUNLAP OF ALUM CREEK, WV; JOHN DUNLAP OF SOD, WV; 9 GRANDCHILDREN; 2 STEP GRANDCHILDREN.
SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT CURRY FUNERAL HOME, ALUM CREEK, ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1997 AT 1:00 PM WITH PASTOR OSHEL BELL AND PASTOR ROE SMITH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WITH MILITARY GRAVESIDE RITES GIVEN BY THE ALUM CREEK VFW POST #4768 WILL BE HELD AT PINE GROVE CEMETERY, MCCORKLE. FRIENDS MAY CALL ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1997 FROM 6 TO 8 PM AT THE FUNERAL HOME AND ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE.