Extracted from The Caldwell Watchman-Progress (Columbia, LA)
Elizabeth "Bit" McDonald
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth “Bit” McDonald, age 69, of Columbia were held Monday, August 11th at 4:00 P.M. at the Chapel of Riser and Son with the Rev. Cecil Gregory officiating. Burial followed in the Old Bethel Cemetery under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia. Mrs. McDonald died Sunday, August 10th at the Citizens Medical Center after a long illness.
She was a member of First Baptist Church, Columbia and a retired florist.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Carolyn McDonald Thompson, Columbia, a sister, Mrs. Emma Mae Mott, Hebert, and three grandsons Keith Thompson, Baton Rouge, and Kevin Thompson and Kerry Lee Thompson both of Columbia.
Pallbearers were: Jerry Richardson, Audrey Tullos, V. H. Ostteen, Billy Wallace, Paeton Coates, and Lorraine Duplissey.
Wednesday, August 13, 1986