Online Source: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans/obits/2008/2008-11.txt
Extracted from The Times Picayune (New, Orleans, LA)
JOE MCDONALD
Joe ‘Capt. Joe’ Bradley McDonald, 73, died on September
20, 2008, in Cancun, Mexico. He was born and reared in Arkansas, eldest
son of J. M. ‘Shag’ McDonald and Mary Lee Byrd McDonald.
Survivors include his wife, Carmen and daughters Cassandra and Stephania McDonald
of Cancun; sons Joe, Jr. and Leland McDonald of Olympia, Washington. His
mother Mary, sister Carolyn M. Garrett. Brother David McDonald and
beloved nieces and nephews of Louisiana and Florida. Other survivors
include two aunts: Mattie B. Upton and Pauline Pintado, both of Arkansas.
He served two tours of duty in the U.S. Army in Germany and Turkey.
‘Capt.’ Joe was well known as a fishing guide off Delacroix Island,
Louisiana, for 25 years before retiring to Cancun.
Following cremation,
half of his remains were strewn off Isla Mujeros, Cancun, and half in one
of his favorite fishing spots, Lake Johns off Delacroix.
Sunday, November 23, 2008