Bud Dunn, 79, formerly of Walker County, went to be with the Lord, December 19, 2016, at Northwood Deaconess Nursing Home, Northwood, ND.
A funeral will be held at Goodsprings Full Gospel Church, January 5, 2017 with visitation at 11:00 and service at noon. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery.
Bud attended Tutwiler School and graduated from Walker High School, Walker College, and Miracle Valley Bible College (AZ). He received a Bachelors and a Masters degrees from Northern Arizona University. He was a member of several honor societies, professional teaching associations, and ministerial alliances. He belonged to the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Ordained as a minister and later a Bishop in the Full Gospel Churches of God, Bud pastored churches in Alabama, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
He also taught business classes in high schools and Old Testament in Bible colleges in Arizona and Texas. After retirement, he lived in Goodsprings, then in Texas near his son’s family. In 2012, he moved to North Dakota to live near his daughter’s family
Bro. Bud was a warm and generous man who loved God and loved people. He numbered among his students and friends people from all races and walks of life from all over the world.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Rebecca, his parents Prince and Nevie Dunn, six brothers, two sisters, and his granddaughter, Bethany Dunn.
He will be sorely missed by his daughter, Deborah ( Dr. Joe) Shelton, and Rebecca, Grace, Rose, Daniel, David, Anna, and Olivia; his son, Timothy Dunn, and Stephen, and Theresa Pell Dunn; his sisters, Polly Rainey and Rachael Cain; his large extended family; and a host of the family of God.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent missions via Cruz and Corona Ministries, P.O. Box 17192, El Paso, TX, 79917. Condolences may be sent to 1784 32nd Street NE, Arvilla, ND 58214.
