Dwight Armstrong succumbs to cancer at 80 in Washington - Worldwide News Staff - November 26, 1984

Worldwide News Staff

SEQUIM, Wash. — Dwight Leslie Armstrong, 80, composer of the music in all but 12 hymns in the Worldwide Church of God hymnal used in all congregations worldwide, died of cancer Sabbath morning, Nov. 17. He was the youngest brother of Pastor General Herbert W. Armstrong. He is survived by his wife, Karen, daughter Deborah, and his twin sister, Mary Lucile Edmonson of Portland, Ore. Dwight was born in Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 12, 1904. In his early adult life he was employed in Portland. In the late 1920's or 1930, he moved to a farm near Molalla, Ore., with his father and mother, Horace Elon and Eve Wright Armstrong. He was a violinist and also played the piano. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library