Juease Ellora Dunlap

"ALL day and ALL night ANGLES are watching over the Dunlap Family"

"On a perfect day, I know that I can count on you
When that's not possible
Tell me can you weather the storm...can you stand the rain..."

On Monday, April 01, 2024 five days after celebrating her fifty-first birthday Soror Juease E. Dunlap answered the Master's Call and gained her angelic wings to soar with doves beyond the skies.

Juease Ellora Dunlap made her grand entrance on March 27, 1973, at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital, in Washington, DC, to the delight of her parents, Jean Simmons Dunlap and Buford Dunlap, Jr. A few days later, she went home to join her siblings, Mekella and Derrick, who, as soon as she was able to talk, she began to tattle on. 

Juease attended school in Currituck County. She graduated from Currituck County High School in the Class of 1991. She received her Bachelors Degree from Fayetteville State University in 1995. She was often heard to exclaim her "Bronco Pride" and attended Homecoming regularly. While at Fayetteville State University, Juease became a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated. She was a member of the Iota Nu Zeta Chapter.

Juease joined Center Chapel AME Zion Church as a young child and remained a faithful member. As is true in many smaller congregation, she did whatever job within the church that needed to be completed on any given Sunday. She did not hesitate to step in where needed. She will be greatly missed by her church family. 

Juease was a New Edition super fan (yes, Ronny, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, Ralph and Johnny too)!

"...Through the good times and bad times
She will always, always be right there...Storms will come, all days won't be perfect, this we know"

The Dunlap Family will honor Juease life with a visitation service on Friday, April 05, 2024 from six o'clock to eight o'clock in the evening at Center Hill AME Zion Church in Barco, NC. The soror's of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc, burial ceremony for Soror Dunlap will take place at seven thirty in the evening. On Saturday, April 06, 2024 at two thirty in the afternoon the Celebration of Life service will take place at Good Hope AME Zion Church in Moyock, NC. Immediately after the Celebration of Life service Juease will be peacefully laid to rest in the Simmons Family Cemetery. 

Mourning her loss, but loving her always, is her dedicated mother, Jean Simmons Dunlap, Coinjock, NC; her loving sister, Mekella Dunlap, Chesapeake, VA; and adoring brother, Buford William, Florida. She will be greatly missed by her nephew, Jamaal Oney; great-nephews: Jamaal Oney, Jr., Jeremiah Oney, and Joziah Oney; great-nieces: Alexa Bowen, Allisaya Bowen, and Cle'Ayeisha Harris; and her great-great niece Havaeh Bynum. Juease's aunts and uncles knew her before she made her grand entrance on March 27, 1973: JC Dunlap, Tullahoma, TN; Gleason Small (Regina), Greenbelt, MD; Dorothy Small, Fayetteville, TN; and Billy Williams, Barco, NC, and they will continue to hold her memory close to their hearts. Juease held a very special place in her heart for two very special young men, her Godsons: Ralph Cole, III, and Reginald Cole. She will also be mourned by a host of loving cousins, relatives, lifelong friends, classmates, friends, sorority sisters, coworkers; all too numerous to name, yet we know each one of you. We pray that Juease's memory will forever be a blessing. 

The Dunlap Family once again entrusted the team of Dennis J. Stallings Memorial Funeral Home of Gatesville, NC to serve them during their time of bereavement. DJSMFH professional team will assist the Dunlap Family during their hours of bereavement and beyond through unprecedented, sincere, heartfelt, compassionate and detailed personalized services catered to the Dunlap Family wishes and desires. Please continue to uplift the family of Juease E. Dunlap, especially her lovely mother-Jean and all connected families through words of comfort, telephone calls/text messages, prayers, visits, "virtual" hugs, thoughts or even just a smile.

"Making your family's memory a LEGACY"

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