Emit Dinwiddie

(From DeBerry Funeral Home)

Rev. Emit Clarence Dinwiddie passed into the arms of his Lord on Friday, June 25, 2021. He was born on September 2, 1922, in Grove Spring, Missouri to Joshua Emit Dinwiddie and Bertha Mace Dinwiddie. Emit was the youngest of eight children, including five brothers and two sisters. 

He married Catherine Lucille Hite on April 30, 1944, in Wichita, Kansas. 

After military service in the US Army, 14th Armored Division, during WWII, he was called by God to be His minister of the gospel. He pastored six churches in Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and Texas. He was most recently an active member of Willowwood Nazarene Church, and was a loving Husband, Father, Grandfather, and Friend to all.

His loving wife Lucille preceded him in death on November 23, 2011. 

He is survived by: sons, Richard E. Dinwiddie of Denton, TX and David L. Dinwiddie of Albuquerque, NM; daughters, Linda L. Reed of Crowley, TX and Kayla D. Steiner of Denton TX; seven grandchildren, Jeff and Ben McCurry, Tara Dinwiddie Field, Diana Dinwiddie Bloomquist, and Michael, Kaitlyn, and Ryan Steiner; five great-grandchildren, one great-great grandchild, and one foster daughter Patricia S. Sothan of Stanton, Nebraska. He claimed all spouses of his children as dearly as his own sons and daughters, such was his love of his family.

The Dinwiddie family will host a visitation and viewing for Rev. Dinwiddie from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at DeBerry Funeral Home, 2025 W. University Drive, Denton, TX. Funeral service will be at 1:00 pm Thursday, July 1, 2021 at the Willowwood Church of the Nazarene, 1513 Willowwood Street, Denton, TX. Interment will be at the Roselawn Memorial Park, Denton TX.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in Rev. Dinwiddie’s honor may be made to the Willowwood Church of the Nazarene, Denton Texas.