Extracted from The Caldwell Watchman-Progress (Columbia, LA)
Wednesday, May 19, 1982

John McDonald

Funeral services for Mr. John McDonald, 80, of Pine Bluff, Ark. were held Wed., May 19th, at 2 p.m. at the Riser & Son Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Roy Moore officiating.

Burial followed in the Hebert Cemetery.

Mr. McDonald died Sunday, May 16, 1982, at the Pine Bluff Hospital after a lengthy illness.

He was a retired Cotton Belt Locomotive fireman.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Katherine Swett McDonald of Pine Bluff, Ark.; five sons, Mr. Paul McDonald, Mr. James A. McDonald, and Mr. Jerome H. McDonald, all of Pine Bluff, Ark., Mr. B. J. McDonald of White Hall, Ark., and Mr. Jack McDonald of Olla, La.; three daughters, Mrs. Mackie Loraine Devereux and Mrs. Janette E. Sorrells, both of Pine Bluff, Ark., and Mrs. June V. Breland of Jackson, Miss.; one brother, Mr. Charlie McDonald of Grayson, La.; one sister, Mrs. Edna Williams of Hebert, La.; and 16 grandchildren.