Dotson led the establishment of Sanyati Mission,[6] many clinics which include Sasame, Chinyenyetu, Manyoni, Chireya and Chinyenyetu, the Baptist Theological Seminary of Zimbabwe and the Baptist Convention of Zimbabwe.
His first wife Hattie Thigpen was killed in a motorcycle accident in Harare on March 26, 1955.
[8] Lolete went on to become a missionary nurse in Nigeria,[9] and Grace went on to write a book about her family’s experience in Rhodesia.
[5] In 1958, he met his third wife Anneli Valtonen, a native of Finland who had moved to South Africa to serve as a missionary.
Through his efforts Sanyati Baptist Hospital was built[13] as well as a number of clinics in Gokwe.