Obituary of Major Quenton Dunlap Sr.

Mr. Major Quenton Dunlap, a resident of Ozark, passed away Friday, March 21, 2025, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was 78 years old. Funeral services for Mr. Dunlap will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, March 24, 2025, from Mabson United Methodist Church with Reverend Bill Messer officiating. Interment will follow in Mabson Cemetery, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Ozark Sunday from 3:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M. Mr. Dunlap was born July 11, 1946 in Pahokee, Florida to the late Harry Thomas Dunlap and Evie Mae Floyd Dunlap. He attended school in Belle Glade, Florida and graduated from Perry High School in Perry, Georgia. He was a member of Mabson United Methodist Church. Major was a farmer at heart but worked with farm equipment sales and in the peanut processing industry for many years. He married Patricia Gunn Dunlap in 1965. Major liked to fish, hunt, cut firewood and especially loved to work with metal creating many useful items such as grills and cooking utensils. He loved to sing and had a strong voice from singing on the tractor. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, John Thomas Dunlap. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Patricia Gunn Dunlap of Ozark; his children, Major Q. Dunlap, Jr. (Patrick) of Mobile and K D Byrd (Scott) of New Hope; grandchildren, Thaddeus Andrew Dunlap (Brooke) of Ozark, Anna Kate Perdue and Anna Beth Byrd of New Hope; great grandchildren, Lakyn Dunlap and Judson Dunlap; two sisters, Kandie Cole (Ralph) of Ocala, Florida and Harriet Brooks (Chris) of Macon, Georgia. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made in his memory to the Mary Hill Foundation, 204 Katherine Avenue, Ozark, Alabama 36360.