Dolphus Malone Golden

Dolphus Malone Golden, known as "Doc" was born on Thursday, August 15, 1918, in Buchanan, Georgia. He was the sixth child of nine children, born to Charley and Carrie Golden. In 1940, he was 22 years old, when he met a pretty young girl at the Church of God in Decatur, Alabama. She was just shy of 16 years old, when they married on December 21, 1940. Her name was Vivian Jewel Griffis. This coming December 21st, they would have been married 73 years. Doc and Vivian had two children. Douglas Malone was born in Carrollton, Georgia, on June 4, 1942. Sandra Kay was born in Dallas, Texas on July 16, 1952. Douglas married Lexie Johnson and and they have 3 children, Lisa, David and Anna. In addition, they have 6 grandchildren, with a seventh on the way, and two great grandchildren. Sandra married Ronnie Dobbs and became a mother and a homemaker. They have four children, Kimberly, Ryan, Karahly and Reagan. Doc and Vivian came to Dallas, Texas, in 1950, looking for a better opportunity for work. Doc worked at many jobs throughout his life. He was a taxi cab driver, short-order cook, worked in the hosiery mill, sold furniture, appliances, stereo equipment and even sold trucks for a short time. He was a man of many trades, but ultimately, he was a salesman, at heart. Everywhere that he worked as a salesman, he was always the "Top Salesman", by always putting his customers first and selling with integrity. Doc and Vivian loved to travel. They would go back home to Alabama, Vivian's home state and Georgia, Doc's home state, to visit family every year. They also traveled to multiple states, to see the beauty of God's creation. Doc loved all sports. He enjoyed watching football, baseball and golf on television. Doc loved playing a round-of-golf with friends. But, most of all, Doc loved to shoot pool. Until 3 months ago, he would go to the clubhouse three times a week, and shoot pool for 3 hours at a time. Doc also loved to play "42" and "84" dominos. Until recently, he played dominos with friends at the clubhouse, where they had lived for the last 13 1/2 years (The Villas on Bear Creek). Throughout the years, Doc and Vivian enjoyed having friends over to their home to play "42". After retiring, Doc and Vivian enjoyed going out to eat for breakfast. They started going to Burger King, then switched to McDonalds in Southlake, for about 11 years. Not too long ago, they decided to make IHop their place for breakfast, where they made many friends. As most of you already know, Doc always dressed his best. Everything had to coordinate. In recent years, when using a cane, he HAD to carry a black cane when wearing black, and a brown cane when wearing brown. Just this past Saturday, he called Sandra from the nursing home, telling her to bring his black slacks, black socks, black shoes, jacket and hat. He also said "bring my rifle for protection"!A couple of years ago, one of his grandsons bought a pair of Oakley sunglasses. Doc liked them so much that he had his grandson take him shopping to buy himself a pair. We won't mention how much he spent on them! Doc had four grand-dogs. When they came to visit him, he would introduce them to his friends at the "The Villas" as, "this is my grand-dog". One of Doc's hobbies was collecting coins. He had a really nice collection of very old Liberty dimes. Sandra would take them and buy ice cream, not knowing how valuable they were. Once Doc realized what she was doing, he had a talk with her. Fifty-six years ago, Douglas wrote a paper at school, honoring his Dad. Doc has cherished this letter all these years by keeping it in his safety deposit box with all his other important papers. The title was "My Father, My Friend", dated January 10, 1957. Douglas received an "A" on the paper. As we all know, Doc was a man of faith who prayed fervently for his family and leaves behind a Godly legacy.