Obituaries:  Arlen Duane (Mac) McRae, Sabine, Vernon Parish       M-260
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 17, 1993
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Arlen Duane (Mac) McRae

  Arlen Duane (Mac) McRae died Sunday, March 14, 1993, at his
residence in Baton Rouge. He was 63, and a native of Leesville,
La. He was a Consulting Engineer, and owner-president of A. Duane
McRae and Assoc., Inc. He was in the Army Engineers Battalion of
the Korean Conflict. He was a 1955 graduate of L.S.U.

  Visiting was held at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, located on East
1000 Florida Blvd. in Baton Rouge, on March 16, from 8 a.m. until
10 a.m. The services began at 10 a.m., and were conducted by Rev.
Pat Lyle, and Rev. Pete Spitzkeit. A Masonic graveside service
was held at 4 p.m., on March 16, at the Self Cemetery in
Leesville.

  Mr. McRae was a member of Louisiana Engineering Society,
Consulting Engineers of Louisiana, American Society of Civil
Engineers, Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors, Leesville
Masonic Lodge #240 F.A.&M., and the National Rifle Association.

  In 1986, Mr. McRae became affiliated with the Sabine Parish
Police Jury through the Federal Off System Bridge Program, which
is a federal and state funded program, that replaces substandard
bridges owned by parishes. The Jury selected Duane to work with
the parish, and Department of Transportation, and development on
the engineering of several bridges. This relationship grew over
the years, as the federal government and state required the
parishes to have interim inspections done on parish bridges
approximately every six months. Duane's firm handled these
inspections and ratings for the parish, and the parish had always
remained in compliance. Parishes out of compliance would lose
their funding. This led to the parish, along with the Sabine
River Authority, selecting Duane's firm to do engineering work on
many of the recent SRA road access projects along the Toledo Bend
Reservoir. Over the years, Duane has done engineering on many
other state projects in this area, such as portions of U.S.
Highway 171, and the Scenic Highway, as well as work along the
shoreline of Toledo Bend Reservoir, prior to its construction.
Duane will be truly missed by his friends in Sabine Parish.

  Mr. McRae's survivors include his wife, Betty Joan Henderson
McRae; his mother, Nellie Viola McRae; one daughter, Tina Gail
McRae of Carencro; one stepdaughter, Locksley Joan Rushworth of
Baton Rouge; one son, David Duane McRae of Baton Rouge; one
sister, Mrs. Ralph (Johnnie Nell) Liliedahl of Baton Rouge; one
sister-in-law, Mrs. Morris Jean (Jackie) McRae of LaPorte, Tex.;
one brother, Morris Jean McRae of LaPorte, Tex.; and one
grandson, Gregory Scott Mayfield. He is preceded in death by his
father, John Wesley McRae.

  Active pallbearers were Elgene Achord Jr., Dr. O. C. Granzin,
Alvin J. Pokorny, Dale Haymaker, Max O. Usrey III, and Milton J.
Watts.

  Honorary pallbearers were Joseph Zummit, Douglas Mason, Jim
Kirkland, Willie Miller, Morris J. McRae Jr., Vernon McRae, Ralph
McRae, Mike Bankston, Louis Higginbotham, Gordon Russell, and
Daniel J. White.