Condolence: The Greatest person, man, neighbor, and Pastor I've ever known!!!!!

Condolence: Dear Charlotte, Hu and I have thought of you often this week. And, we pray for God's love, peace, grace, thanksgiving, and joy to fill your heart to over-flowing. I've known Don for a long time, having met him at the Mikado Baptist Church. He was an encourager. I had no musical background whatsoever, but he encouraged me to sing and I improved along the way! When I dedicated my life to God for missions, he along with 3 other friends gave me a Bible. In his own handwriting, he wrote: "To Bettie Rose with the prayer that this book will grow more and more precious and be even your staff of life. God will take care of the consequences of your obedience to Him. In Him, Don." For a while we worked together at Mikado. He encouraged me in writing the script and helping to produce a weekly children's program called KIDS KARAVAN. When I went off to college, he encouraged me to stick with it when sometimes it was tough going. When Hu and I were married, he played the organ for our wedding. His beautiful arrangement of SAVIOUR LIKE A SHEPHERD LEAD US was powerful as the Recessional. Arm in arm we marched down the aisle after saying "I Do." It was his gift to us as we embarked on our missionary journey that took us to Pakistan for 34 years. He faithfully prayed for us. We have been blessed by the impact Don had in our lives. You, Charlotte continue to bless us and we thank God for you and your encouragement. God bless you.

Condolence: Love and prayers go out to you Dr. Charlotte.When I think of the many lives that have been touched by Bro.Don is is humbling to be counted among them. Things I never even knew how to appreciate as a young girl, now are precious and dear. The honor of sitting beside him at the piano and having his great talent accompanying my meager abilities to play now astound me. His encouragement of my interest in worship arts helped to shape the raising of my children. Many may call Bro. Don a spiritual father, but if I could be so bold, I would call him a spiritual grandfather.

Condolence: The world as we know it will miss Bro Don while the world that we don't yet see welcomes this warrior home. Bro Don is now experiencing the reality of what he had only known the meaning of before, Shalom........our love to Charlotte and our thanks for the way ytou loved Bro DOn and took care of him.

Condolence: The world as we know it will miss Bro Don while the world that we don't yet see welcomes this warrior home. Bro Don is now experiencing the reality of what he had only known the meaning of before, Shalom........our love to Charlotte and our thanks for the way ytou loved Bro DOn and took care of him.

Condolence: Charlotte, I just saw a facebook post about Bro. Don.
I am out of state this weekend and so upset that we can't be there...Words cannot express the way that he touched my life. He inspired me (everyone) to want more of Jesus and still to this day my life has been so changed by his prayers, teaching and wisdom. I am so grateful to have known him and for the years at High Point. There is not another man like him. He laid down his life at the Lord's altar and we all have benefited from the sacrifices he made in obedience. He was a spiritual father and I will truly miss him. I love you very much.

Condolence: Charlotte, I just saw a facebook post about Bro. Don.
I am out of state this weekend and so upset that we can't be there...Words cannot express the way that he touched my life. He inspired me (everyone) to want more of Jesus and still to this day my life has been so changed by his prayers, teaching and wisdom. I am so grateful to have known him and for the years at High Point. There is not another man like him. He laid down his life at the Lord's altar and we all have benefited from the sacrifices he made in obedience. He was a spiritual father and I will truly miss him. I love you very much.

Condolence: Precious memories from High Point Baptist Church. I know my parents are rejoicing in Heaven with Brother Don. So thankful for the memories and solid foundation from Brother Don and the other servants at High Point.

Condolence: Charlotte,

We are so missing Bro Don. He was a gentle, kind and loving man. I, Priscilla, looked on him as my earthly father. He gave much advice, many teachings, many lessons, and imparted much knowledge and wisdom. Bro. Don married Dawson and me. Before our marriage he counseled Dawson for many weeks on how to be a loving and Godly husband.

Bro. Don was a loving, kind Godly man who invested his life into many people so they too would know his Jesus.

Charlotte, we love you. We will do anything you ask. We are praying for you. We are just a minute or two away so call if need something.

Condolence: Don was a role model, example, and mentor to me as I grew up in South Bibb County attending Avondale Baptist Church. He helped Rev. E. M. Clapp, the pastor, and for a time lived with his family. He was friends with my sister, Jane, and a number of other young adults at that time, all of which exerted a strong positive influence on me. He was an important part of those world-class Vacation Bible Schools we were privileged to attend back then which often included the talented and winsome Ray and Darlene Brubaker who traveled all over North America preaching, teaching, and performing “Gospel Magic” tricks from the back platform of their Airstream RV. But after a week or two they would leave to go to the next town. Don didn’t leave.He was there Sunday after Sunday, always teaching, preaching, and challenging us to put Christ first in our lives. He presented an example of the Christian life which always resonated with me. When I was in a small class of junior-age boys, being led by Don, he quite practically told us one day that
we needed to stretch a little, if possible, and obtain a good leather Bible, not the cheapest one we could find, but one that made a statement about the importance and significance of this unordinary book, and also one that would stand up to all the reading and studying that we, as serious Christians, would need to do. That struck me as a sensible idea, and since then I’ve always had a weakness for beautiful leather Bibles. It wasn’t the binding of the Bible, however, that Don was most interested in or that he talked to
us about. He taught us to read it, to memorize it, and to walk in its teachings. When I was a junior and senior in high school, Don allowed me to help with a kids Club he had formed for the kids around High Point Church. The once-a-week after school meetings had a great format and
was very well-attended. I remember a large jar of candy which was used in some way to provide rewards for memorizing verses or answering Bible questions. Don would hold it up high above his head so everyone could see it, and it was so colorful as was the whole pageant which unfolded before my eyes. These neighborhood kids were learning, so much about the truths of God’s Word, but also about being loved and cared about. Here was a man who could have been doing anything he wanted to do with this time but who chose to do this, to be here with them, knowing them, talking to them, listening to them, teaching them the ways of the Lord, and taking them seriously. Though there to help and teach, I, too, was learning so much. The Whispering Pines Day Camp started by Don and Pastor Clapp around this
time was also a part of this vision that Don had for reaching out to young people and influencing them for Christ. I, too, was very privileged to be a part of this project for a couple of years.
I’m sure it was because of the influence of Don and others like him that I chose the Christian College, Tennessee Temple. Before going to College I had taken piano lessons from Don, so I even started out majoring in piano, though Don wisely advised me to move more in the direction of the ministry of the Word.The first night I was back in Macon after my freshman year at Tennessee Temple in Chattanooga, was a Wednesday, so I went to prayer meeting at High Point. Don introduced me to Hazel Bostick, who was being nurtured and discipled by High Point Church. She quickly became the love of my life, and in less
than six months we were married by Don after a Sunday morning service at High Point. I will always associate that wonderful gift from God with Don and High Point Church. Though we were not official members of High Point Church, Don continued to minister to us as a pastor in many ways. He has prayed for us, counseled with us, and was there for us through sickness,bereavement , and other problems. I am so privileged to have known him and to have experienced his influence in my life as well as the life of others in my family.He was one of God's wonderful gifts to his Church, and as Philippians 1:3 says, "I thank God upon every remembrance" of him.