Donny and his wife, Pam, have been married 41 years and are parents of four adult daughters and proud grandparents of five grandchildren. Pam is a former teacher in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. All their daughters were students in the public school system of Forsyth county and have all gone on to receive college degrees at Universities in North Carolina.
A lifelong resident of Winston-Salem, Donny graduating from Parkland High School, earned his undergraduate degree from High Point University, and his MBA from Wake Forest.