John Evans Dunn
1867-1932

Obituary Of John E. Dunn In Word And Work Magazine

On January 8, there passed away from our midst the beloved John E. Dunn, a good man and a great, and a faithful, earnest servant of the Lord, widely known in the church of Christ. It was when he was a student in the Nashville Bible School under J.A. Harding, on my entrance of the school, that I first met him. I remember quite well Brother John E. Dunn’s kindness and loving interest and regard for me in those days. The estimate I formed of him then I have never had occasion to change; but through the years I found him to be always the same high-minded, clean, conscientious Christian gentleman, and, more than that, even a true, warm-hearted brother in the Lord. He was a strong preacher; and he preached not in the pulpit alone, but in every home. He could gather the members of a household around him and hold their interest for hours while he talked and taught and discussed the things of Christ with them. I have never seen just his equal in this respect. And in every community where he labored he did a great good work. He really won people to the Lord. He brought them to repentance, he shamed them out of their wrong ways, he led them to trust in Jesus Christ their Savior. And he won the love, and the high regard of the people among whom he worked. He died too early as we would think (he was 65 years old) but it was God’s time, and there are no regrets, although we mourn his loss. He rests from his labors and his works do follow him.

—R.H. Boll, Word and Work (Vol. 25, No. 2, February 1932)