Obituary of S R McDonald, Miller Co, AR

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2/24/1940 Texarkana Gazette

S. R. McDonald Taken by Death at home here.
Foundry Operator was Pioneer of Texarkana
S. R. McDonlad, 73-year- old pioneer of Texarkana and owneroperator of the
Twin City Foundry and Machine Company, died Friday morning at his home at
1321 West Eighth street.

Born in Rondo, Ark., of parents who were native Georgians, Mr. McDonald
spent his entire life in Texarkana and the immediate vicinity, playing an
important role in the civic life of the city. Particularly was he
instrumental in developing the portion of Texarkana about his buisness and
home location. He was an active member of the Beech Street Baptist church
and had been a member of the board of deacons for 15 years at the time of
his death. Survivors include his wife, four sons, Charles T. McDonald, Sam
R. McDonald, Jr., J. Douglas McDonald, of Texarkana, and L. Allen McDonald
of Los Angeles, Calif. Two daughters, Mrs. P. D. Baxter of Texarkana and
Mrs. C. H. Lofton of Shreveport. Two brothers; Charles G. McDonald of
Bivins, Texas, and J. William McDonald of Diboll, Okla., and two sisters,
Mrs. H. W. English and Miss Minnie a McDonald of Fort Worth.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Beech Street Baptist
church with Dr. O.J. Wade, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest
cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Henry Rochelle, Nelson Lofton, Sid
Baxter, Frank Blankenship, Arthur Cowan, Bill Presley, Mark Blydes of
Shreveport, Floyd Manning and H. A. Carver.

Honorary pallbearers will be W. W. Whybard of DeKalb, Jack Runnels, W. T.
Bentley, Gene Garrett, L.P. Craver, W. W. Durham, Will Thorsell of
Pittsburg, Texas, J. E. Ritchie, William V. Brown, R. L. Burns, J. R.
Johnson, Luther Day, J. A. Cranfill of Hooks, M. D. Tilson, Leon Francis,
S. E. Sain of Hooks, S. R. Baxter, M.M. DePrato, R. E. Baxter, Mannie
Stevens, Dr. Decker Smith, Monroe Scroggins, E. E. Hudspeth, A. W. Ardis,
H.E. Fowler, Gut Hubbard, J. W. House, John Halbert, Isam Johnston of
DeKalb, Will Gragan of Bivins, Texas, R. O. Dumis, N. P. Sanderson, H. T.
Wiegel, Emmett Moore, C. W. Batte of Ashdown, John Leon Lofton of
Shreveport, Ralph Swaidner, Rowy Baxter, Byron Barkman of Hooks, Jesse
Walker of New Boston, deacons of the Beech Street Baptisit Church and
friends of the family.