Charles Hugh Dunlap

Charles Hugh Dunlap, was born in Phoenix, Arizona on November 16, 1919, the third generation of a pioneer family who first settled in Arizona in 1880. His early years were spent in Phoenix before the family moved to Prescott. He attended Lincoln School and Prescott High School where he was president of the student body. He matriculated at the University of Arizona, becoming president of the freshman class, and later completed his college education at the University of Virginia. Charles attended the University of Southern California law school prior to entering the U. S. Air Corps. He served as a Captain in both the Pacific and European theaters during World War II. After his military service he became a commercial farmer and produce grower on the west side of Phoenix and in the Mohave Valley, south of Bullhead City, Arizona. He held the distinction of producing Arizona's highest yield cotton crop and later produced more sesame than any grower in the U.S. In the late 1950s he became one of the earliest real estate developers in the Bullhead City/Mohave Valley area, subdividing thousands of lots over the course of three decades. In conjunction with the City of Prescott, Charles also developed housing subdivisions surrounding the city's Antelope Hills Golf Course. He founded the Bermuda Water Company in the early 1960s. It became the primary water utility for most of the valley area south of Bullhead City. In the 1970s and early 80s he concentrated his efforts in southwest Phoenix becoming one of the earliest industrial property developers in the area. Charles was a charter member of Paradise Valley Country Club and a founding member of St. Barnabas on the Desert Episcopal Church. He served as Finance Chairman of the original Capital Campaign and as vestryman and Senior Warden. His wife of 56 years, Nancy Skiles Dunlap, and his daughter Mary Dunlap Ogilvy preceded him in death. His son, Charlie Dunlap, his daughters, Ann Dunlap Goodman and Bunny Dunlap Hall, his daughter-in-law, Barbara Dunlap and his sons-in-law, Gary Goodman and Allen Hall of Phoenix, and David Ogilvy of Tucson, survive him. His grandchildren include Robin Dunlap Snyder, Holly Dunlap, Lily Dunlap 2Lt. John T. Dunlap, Molly Dunlap, Chris Goodman, Nancy Goodman Grimes, Glen Goodman, Charles Hall and Andy Hall and four great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Saturday June 5th at 11:00 a.m. at St. Barnabas on the Desert Episcopal Church, 6715 N. Mockingbird Lane, Paradise Valley. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to either Hospice of the Valley, 1510 East Flower Street, Phoenix, AZ 85014 or to St. Barnabas on the Desert, 6715 N. Mockingbird Lane, Paradise Valley, AZ 85253.