Franklin – John Wayne Dunlow, 60, died January 4, 2009 at his residence. He was born in Franklin and was predeceased by his father, Emmett Dunlow and a brother Michael Dunlow. John was a 1966 graduate of Southampton High School, a former national guardsman, and a retired machine operator in the sheet finishing department of International Paper after 41 years service. He was a member of Newsoms Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife of 11 years, Judy Jones Dunlow; two sons, Brian Wayne Dunlow and wife Kathy, of Courtland and John Paul Dunlow of Virginia Beach; his mother, Ethel Bryant Dunlow of Franklin; two step-daughters, Karla Renea Wilkerson of Chester and Amelia Virginia Dunn of Petersburg; two step-sons, Bobbie Samuel Barfield, Jr. of Spring Grove, Va and Thomas Gustavas Barfield of Sutherland, Va; ten grandchildren, Christopher, Christina, and Jake Dunlow, D. J. and Ashlie Henshaw, Tyler, Landon, Chandler, Liz, Timmy, Dylan and Abbey Barfield; and a nephew, Michael Dunlow, Jr. of Mississippi.
The funeral service will be conducted at 2 pm Wednesday at Wright Funeral Home with the Rev. Jason Wise and the Rev. Kenneth Williams officiating. Interment will follow in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 pm Tuesday at the funeral Home. www.wrightfuneralhome.org