Dawn Bullock
Dawn Marie Bullock, 45, of Union City went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. She was born Aug. 16, 1981, in Henderson, Ky., to the late Montie and Kristina Bullock.
She will be remembered for many things, including, first and foremost, her love for the things of God and her love for people. She was a friend to many and loved and cared for them as family. Dawn was a faithful member of First Pentecostal Church in Union City.
She lived out her calling as a teacher, first in Botswana, Africa, followed by 12 years in the Obion County School System. She then took an adventure to the big city and taught outside the nation’s capital of Washington, D.C., in Alexandria, Va., for five years before returning to Obion County, where she ended her career doing what she loved — educating differently abled students.
Dawn was a lifelong learner, earning a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree and an endorsement to teach English as well as an Education Specialist degree and a Doctorate of Education. Finally, she earned an endorsement to teach special education.
Dawn also loved to travel, and she didn’t let her diagnosis in her later days stop her! She visited all 50 states, as well as five continents and 33 countries. Dawn enjoyed learning about others and their cultures as she traversed the world. She will especially be missed for her sometimes dark sense of humor that oftentimes only her close friends understood. Dawn wrote children’s books about her travels, which are available on Amazon and Kindle.
She is survived by one brother, Christopher Bullock (Angel) of Newbern; one sister, Amy Bullock Bordner of Goose Creek, S.C.; eight nephews; one niece; one great-niece; two great-nephews; and many beautiful children and adults whom she claimed as her own (and shared with their birth families), including Idgie Jo McWherter and Emma Elexys Simpson Searcy.
Lastly, she wanted to share with her friends and family that living for God was the best thing she ever accomplished in her life, and telling people about God and His wonder-working power was her greatest calling.
Live out loud, live for Jesus and when your race on earth is done, you shall recover it all.
Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Sunday at First Pentecostal Church in Union City. Bishop Billy Uzzle and Rev. Dwayne Uzzle will officiate. Burial will follow in Fremont Cemetery near Union City.
Visitation will be held at First Pentecostal Church from noon until the hour of service Sunday.
Pallbearers will be Cade Bordner, Chase Bullock, Christopher M. Bullock, Matthew Melton, Clint Wilson and Lenthus Skinner.
Honorary pallbearers will be Christopher R. Bullock, Evan Laster and Brandon Thompson.
Memorial contributions may take the form of donations to Hometown Walk of Hope, 902 Perkins St., Union City, TN 38261; First Pentecostal Church Sunday School Ministry, 2501 West Main St., Union City, TN 38261; or Charlee Kate’s Closet, 2744 Hollywood Drive, Union City, TN 38261.
Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Dawn Marie Bullock.
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