Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
R. E. McDonald Jr.
RAYVILLE -- Funeral services for Robert E. McDonald Jr., 36, of Rayville, were at 10 a.m. today at Eastside Baptist Church in Rayville with the Revs. Don Gentry and Dawson L. Lee officiating.
Burial was in Rayville Masonic Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Rayville.
Mr. McDonald died Sunday at his home after a long illness.
He was a native of Richland Parish.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. McDonald Sr. of Rayville; one sister, Mrs. Louise Primm of Shreveport; two brothers, Ronnie McDonald of Rayville and Stanley McDonald of Shreveport.
Pallbearers were Charles McHand, Steve Fletcher, Earl Watts, Donald Hyde, Alton Scott Nethery and Alfred Duchense [sic Duchesne].
Tuesday, February 27, 1973