Rev./Dr. Donald A. Harp, Jr.
information submitted by Dr. Harp; narrative by S. J. Overstreet for church history
Donald Allen Harp, Jr. was born the oldest child of Donald Harp, Sr. and Doris Anna McElroy. He graduated from Fayette County High School and Young Harris Jr. College. He received his undergraduate degree from Huntingdon College, and his Master of Divinity from Emory University. He completed his Doctor of Divinity at McCormick Theological Seminary, University of Chicago.
Dr. Harp married Mary Ellen Dendy, and the couple have two children--Allen and Robin.
Dr. Harp has had appointments in the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church at Jenkinsburg, St. Andrew (Carrollton), Northwoods (Atlanta), Sam Jones Memorial (Cartersville), First United Methodist Gainesville, and now serves at Peachtree Road United Methodist (Atlanta). He served as Mayor Pro-Tem of Carrollton and was a member of the Carrollton City Council. He is on the Board of Directors of Young Harris College; Wesley Foundation, Georgia Tech; and North Georgia Foundation. He is a member of the President's Advisory Council at Oglethorpe University. He is Chair of the Administrative and Personnel Committee of the North Georgia Conference; Vice Chair of the North Georgia Conference Council on Finance and Administration; and was a Delegate to the General Conference of the United Methodist Church and to the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference in 1988. He received the Mary Mildred Sullivan Award from Brenau College in Gainesville. He was Chair of the Lake Lanier Task Force of the Gainesville-Hall County Chamber of Commerce. He has been a member of the Georgia State Games Commission, was appointed to the Atlanta Olympic Committee by Gov. Zell Miller, and has served as a member of Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell's Advisory Committee.
Dr. Donald A. Harp
Peachtree Road United Methodist church
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
descendent of Harp & Hill families
