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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 2, 2019

Knoxville lawyer John Robert “Jay” Dunlap Jr. died Nov. 5 at the age of 60. Dunlap grew up in Memphis but moved to California after college to work on the election campaign of Ronald Reagan. He returned to Tennessee to attend the University of Tennessee College of Law with his brother, David, and they were sworn in before the Tennessee Supreme Court together. Dunlap pursued a career in real estate development, leasing and management in the Knoxville area. Services were held Nov. 23 at Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Second Presbyterian Church, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, or the charity of the donor’s choice.