A prominent High Point barber, known for mentoring young men and addressing violence in the community, has died.WXII 12 News talked with several community members about the passing of James Dobson."I got a call Sunday and he had finished cutting his grass and he had passed away from a heart attack," McLendon said.Christopher McLendon, owner of Mr. Mc's Barber Lounge in High Point, said Dobson was a father figure to him and several others."After my father passed away, he was my father after that. He kept me in line. He taught me a lot," he said.He said Dobson often mentored young men — customers, barbers, etc. — through his faith. Dobson did not judge people, McLendon shared, but offered lessons that could reach people of all backgrounds."He would teach you through the Bible basically. He would give you an example through the Bible, and then give you an example through everyday life and he would bring it together and make it make sense," he said.Joshua Robinson, who had met Dobson as a 4-year-old client, said, "When I got a little older and I was going the wrong ways of my life, James gave me words of encouragement. Helped me do better. Helped me start buying a house. Helped me get my business off the ground, with a transporting service. He was always a good guy." Dobson also taught Robinson and others about financial literacy and what it meant to live a positive life."He changed the community a lot. When he owned the barbershop, anybody who was feeling bad about themselves, you can always come to Mr. James and you would always feel better before you leave," he said.Michelle Little, a stylist at Barber & Beauty Salon in High Point, had worked for Dobson as a manager at one of his salons in 2014.She said Dobson often provided jobs to young men, regardless of their background, but what impressed her the most was how he had taken many under his wing."When he had the young men that worked with him at the barbershop, he pushed them into being better men. That’s what I saw out of Mr. James," she said. "He was a positive man. He really was. He knew the struggles in this world, so he let them know about the struggles and he let them know about God. He really encouraged them and God."However, Dobson's impact went beyond the clippers and a barber chair."He had a caring heart. I saw him where he owned apartment complexes where he allowed people to stay there, and some of them didn’t have money and that didn’t bother him. That’s how Mr. James was. He would still allow them to live there. He had a heart of gold. He really wanted to help the community," Little said.Friends are planning to host a vigil to remember Dobson on Greensboro Road, near the McDonald's parking lot, in High Point on Wednesday at 8 p.m.