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Rev. Donald Sutherland left a legacy in Whycocomagh
Rankin MacDonald
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Rev. Donald Sutherland
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He was one of a kind, a bigger-than-life character who loved life, drove too fast and adopted the Whycocomagh area as his second home. We used to joke at The Oran that if you had an assignment in Whycocomagh and didn’t know exactly where to go, park the car, roll down the window and follow Rev. Donald Sutherland’s laugh. Rev. Donald Sutherland died at his ancestral home in River John on Tuesday of last week, May 8th, at the age of 82. He was the son of Colonel Daniel H. Sutherland who helped train the Pictou Highlanders in World War II. He was educated in River John, at Pictou Academy, Dalhousie University and the Pine Hill Divinity School. He was ordained a minister of the United Church of Canada in 1957, and after three years in New Brunswick he was called to Whycocomagh in 1960 and served the Whycocomagh-Lake Ainslie Pastoral Charge for the next 37 years. A proud Scot, he was...
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