Obituary

Dwight l musser departed this earthly plane to continue the great journey on august 11, 2018.

He is survived by his loving wife of seventy years, norma lee (bradley), four children; david (janine), marisa, cynthia (stan), timothy (sue); five grandchildren; and eight great grandchildren.

Dwight was born on may 10, 1926, in plymouth, indiana, during a brief ministerial posting of his father, rev. J. C. Musser and wife edna (phillips), but his roots were deep and forever in the hills of west virginia. Dwight spent his early years in glenville and from there to dunbar where he graduated from high school. He received two undergraduate degrees from morris harvey college and his master of history degree from marshall university. Dwight, a world war ii veteran, served in the us air force.

While serving overseas, dwight became fascinated by the development and myriad manifestations of world-wide forms of currency. His teaching profession transformed into a full-time business selling foreign paper money and he is called, “the father of world paper money collecting.” he became an expert in the field and contributed many articles to numismatic publications. In 1990, dwight received the prestigious numismatic ambassador award (also called the numismatic hall of fame.)

dwight’s primary intellectual pursuits were in american history and religious philosophy with an emphasis on the development of the various expressions of american christianity as it emerged from the turbulent european experience. He was always wondering why and exploring how 2000 years of religious accretions had served to undermine the simple and beautiful teachings of jesus.

As per his wishes, his body was donated to the human gift registry of west virginia university to further medical research.

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