Mrs. Bertha Mae Dunlap, 33, of 3169 Ridgecrest was killed at 8:45 Monday, October 17, when her station wagon crashed through the railing of the North Hollywood Bridge over Wolf River. Burial in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Dunlap, who was alone in the car, was returning to her home after taking dinner to her husband, Claud Dunlap, a supervisor at Falstaff Distributing Co.
The station wagon tore down 71 feet of bridge railing and hurtled 114 feet through the air before striking the bank of the river 30 feet below.
Mrs. Dunlap, an employee of Don Russ Candy Company, at 119 West Colorado, was born in Blytheville, AR and had lived in Memphis most of her life. She was a Baptist.
She also leaves five children, Joe Donald Dunlap, James Ronald Dunlap, Brenda Ann Dunlap, Patricia Lynn Dunlap and Sherry Dunlap, all of the Ridgecrest address; her mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ennis of 890 Rutgers; two brothers, Herbert Davis of East St. Louis, IL and Harvey J. Davis of San Antonio, TX; and a sister, Mrs. Glen Andrews of Conway, AR.
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Wednesday, October 19, 1966.
Provided by Linda Wayman
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From death certificate
Father: Harve Davis
Mother: Clara Douglas
Souse/Informant: Claude Dunlap, Jr.
Mrs. Dunlap, who was alone in the car, was returning to her home after taking dinner to her husband, Claud Dunlap, a supervisor at Falstaff Distributing Co.
The station wagon tore down 71 feet of bridge railing and hurtled 114 feet through the air before striking the bank of the river 30 feet below.
Mrs. Dunlap, an employee of Don Russ Candy Company, at 119 West Colorado, was born in Blytheville, AR and had lived in Memphis most of her life. She was a Baptist.
She also leaves five children, Joe Donald Dunlap, James Ronald Dunlap, Brenda Ann Dunlap, Patricia Lynn Dunlap and Sherry Dunlap, all of the Ridgecrest address; her mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ennis of 890 Rutgers; two brothers, Herbert Davis of East St. Louis, IL and Harvey J. Davis of San Antonio, TX; and a sister, Mrs. Glen Andrews of Conway, AR.
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Wednesday, October 19, 1966.
Provided by Linda Wayman
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From death certificate
Father: Harve Davis
Mother: Clara Douglas
Souse/Informant: Claude Dunlap, Jr.
Mrs. Bertha Mae Dunlap, 33, of 3169 Ridgecrest was killed at 8:45 Monday, October 17, when her station wagon crashed through the railing of the North Hollywood Bridge over Wolf River. Burial in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Dunlap, who was alone in the car, was returning to her home after taking dinner to her husband, Claud Dunlap, a supervisor at Falstaff Distributing Co.
The station wagon tore down 71 feet of bridge railing and hurtled 114 feet through the air before striking the bank of the river 30 feet below.
Mrs. Dunlap, an employee of Don Russ Candy Company, at 119 West Colorado, was born in Blytheville, AR and had lived in Memphis most of her life. She was a Baptist.
She also leaves five children, Joe Donald Dunlap, James Ronald Dunlap, Brenda Ann Dunlap, Patricia Lynn Dunlap and Sherry Dunlap, all of the Ridgecrest address; her mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ennis of 890 Rutgers; two brothers, Herbert Davis of East St. Louis, IL and Harvey J. Davis of San Antonio, TX; and a sister, Mrs. Glen Andrews of Conway, AR.
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Wednesday, October 19, 1966.
Provided by Linda Wayman
_______
From death certificate
Father: Harve Davis
Mother: Clara Douglas
Souse/Informant: Claude Dunlap, Jr.
Mrs. Dunlap, who was alone in the car, was returning to her home after taking dinner to her husband, Claud Dunlap, a supervisor at Falstaff Distributing Co.
The station wagon tore down 71 feet of bridge railing and hurtled 114 feet through the air before striking the bank of the river 30 feet below.
Mrs. Dunlap, an employee of Don Russ Candy Company, at 119 West Colorado, was born in Blytheville, AR and had lived in Memphis most of her life. She was a Baptist.
She also leaves five children, Joe Donald Dunlap, James Ronald Dunlap, Brenda Ann Dunlap, Patricia Lynn Dunlap and Sherry Dunlap, all of the Ridgecrest address; her mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ennis of 890 Rutgers; two brothers, Herbert Davis of East St. Louis, IL and Harvey J. Davis of San Antonio, TX; and a sister, Mrs. Glen Andrews of Conway, AR.
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Wednesday, October 19, 1966.
Provided by Linda Wayman
_______
From death certificate
Father: Harve Davis
Mother: Clara Douglas
Souse/Informant: Claude Dunlap, Jr.
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