Obituary of Lula Dunlap

Lula “Lu” Dunlap, 84, died Monday, May 18, 2015 in North Carolina after a long illness. Born in Lee County, she was a daughter of the late Henry Jackson Dunlap and Kate Hinson Dunlap. Miss Dunlap was a member of New Salem Baptist Church and was a retired midwife with the Sumter County Health Department. She was also a former medical missionary for 15 years in Long Island, Bahamas. Surviving are a sister, Jane Jordan and husband Howard “Bill” Jordan of Bishopville; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a sisters Ernie Brown, Elizabeth Mickolaitis, Mary Lou Parkhurst, and Eloise Dunlap Senn, mother of Jenny Senn Blackmon. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday in the Chapel of the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with great nephew, Rev. Rob Pierce officiating. Burial will be in the St. John United Methodist Church at Springhill Cemetery in Lee County. The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00 A.M. Saturday at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to a Christian charity of one’s choice. On-line condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad Street, Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements (803) 775-9386.