Robert Morris Dinwiddie Sr., 72
He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Anna Mary Walsh Dinwiddie of McMinnville; children, Paula Ann Dinwiddie of Alexandria, Va., Mark James and wife Teresa Dinwiddie of McMinnville, Robert Morris and Leigh Dinwiddie Jr. of Morrison; grandchildren, Lillian Ann and John Robert Dinwiddie, all of Morrison; step-great-grandson, James Devin Knox of McMinnville; sisters and brothers-in-law, Martha and Dennis Meeks of Sewanee, Carol and Wayne Calvert of Nashville; brother and sister-in-law, Jimmie and Donna Dinwiddie of Scottsville, Ky.; two step-grandsons, several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by father, Willie Ray Dinwiddie in 1972 and his mother, Dema Ray Dinwiddie in 1974, both of Scottsville.
A 1952 graduate of Allen County High School in Scottsville, he received a basketball scholarship to Chipola Junior College in Marianna, Fla. From there he received a basketball scholarship to the University of Georgia where he was captain of the Bulldogs basketball team, later graduating from pharmacy school and meeting his wife.
In 1966, he and his family moved to McMinnville where they would settle down. Morris owned City Drug Store from 1967 to 1997, during which time he enjoyed playing city basketball and pitching fast pitch softball, along with coaching boys little league baseball, girls church league slow pitch and later played church league softball himself. He retired from his pharmacy practice in 2000. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in McMinnville.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. today at High?s Chapel with Dr. Steve Angus and Dick Scott Welch officiating. Burial will follow in Gardens of Memory. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. today at High?s. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to any of the following including the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, First United Methodist Church building fund, Covenant Fellowship Church building fund, Families in Crisis or CHEER Mental Heath Care Center.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.