Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Thursday, February 20, 1958

WILL MCDONALD

COLUMBIA (Special) -- Will McDonald, 72, of Columbia died in a local hospital yesterday afternoon after a long illness.

Mr. McDonald was a member of the Masonic Lodge.

Funeral services were held today at 3 p.m. from the First Baptist Church of Columbia. Masonic services were conducted with the Rev. Jimmy Bolton and the Rev. Tom Parker officiating.

Interment followed in the Old Bethel Cemetery at Clarks under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Wealtha McDonald, Columbia; one daughter, Mrs. Virginia Gallien, Monroe; four sons, F. J. McDonald, Shreveport, W. E. McDonald, Jr., Columbia; Orville McDonald, Monroe; J. D. McDonald, Indiana; three brothers, Charley McDonald, Hebert, Johnny McDonald, Pine Bluff, Ark.; Thomas McDonald, Delhi; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Harveston, Columbia, and Mrs. Edna Williams and Mrs. Eva Poole, both of Hebert; nine grandchildren.