M Williams
03-02 2021 13:27
wrote:
We came to Dundee in the late 90s, seeing Malcom and Barbara regularly at the Craigiebank home fellowship. There were several faithful and fun members in that group whose characters and faith impact us to this day. Donald’s tribute and the family’s descriptive words read by Jim are so accurate and paint a fuller picture than we had of a man we will always remember. True to say too, that he talked often of his family and having never met his sons or their wives or grandchildren, we know all their names.
More recently, our lives were impacted by “team Malcolm and Barbara” in connection with our flat which we took back from years of tenants not that long ago. A memory which will endure is of a day where we had so much clearing out to do and so little time with a rented van to run up and down to the tip so we could make things habitable for our family that summer. Malcolm went home and got his tools and quietly built up the bunkbeds for our boys, singlehandedly and with zero fuss - and it was much appreciated, probably more than he realised. Regular emails followed in the time since as he regularly checked on things while we’re away, gave input on new windows and frequent updates on work in the building as well as any mail.
His love of genealogies and history was a recent discovery as he gave me a spare copy of a book on Dundee’s history when we got into conversation over a Burns supper in Rescobie Avenue last year.
What a great example of a man of God who lived a life of no regrets, and a man we can look forward to seeing again as believers in the God whose promises never fail.
M Williams
03-02 2021 13:27
wrote:
We came to Dundee in the late 90s, seeing Malcom and Barbara regularly at the Craigiebank home fellowship. There were several faithful and fun members in that group whose characters and faith impact us to this day. Donald’s tribute and the family’s descriptive words read by Jim are so accurate and paint a fuller picture than we had of a man we will always remember. True to say too, that he talked often of his family and having never met his sons or their wives or grandchildren, we know all their names.
More recently, our lives were impacted by “team Malcolm and Barbara” in connection with our flat which we took back from years of tenants not that long ago. A memory which will endure is of a day where we had so much clearing out to do and so little time with a rented van to run up and down to the tip so we could make things habitable for our family that summer. Malcolm went home and got his tools and quietly built up the bunkbeds for our boys, singlehandedly and with zero fuss - and it was much appreciated, probably more than he realised. Regular emails followed in the time since as he regularly checked on things while we’re away, gave input on new windows and frequent updates on work in the building as well as any mail.
His love of genealogies and history was a recent discovery as he gave me a spare copy of a book on Dundee’s history when we got into conversation over a Burns supper in Rescobie Avenue last year.
What a great example of a man of God who lived a life of no regrets, and a man we can look forward to seeing again as believers in the God whose promises never fail.
