Obituary of Nannie Thompson McDonald, St. Helena Parish, 
Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by  Jerry Nelson, May, 1999

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Source:  The St. Helena Echo; Greensburg, LA; Friday,
         July 9, 1915; p. 3


Mrs. J. D. McDonald
A deep gloom was cast over this town and community last Friday
when the sad intelligence reached here that Mrs. John D. McDonald
had passed away that morning at 7 o'clock at Hotel Dieu in New
Orleans.  Mrs. McDonald had not been well for some time, and she
had gone to the city before seeking treatment from the most noted
physicians to be found, but her trouble seemed to baffle their
skill and she has passed from among us forever in this life.

She was the daughter of the late K. K. Thompson, a prominent
figure in the history of St. Helena for many years.  In 1888 she
was most happily married to Rev. E. D. Schilling.  To this union
four children were born, Messrs. Thomas, Leon, Edward and Miss
Ella Schilling.  Death claimed him when they were all small
children and the widowed mother was left to rear and train them,
which duty was heroically performed, and they live today as
monuments to a mother's love and tender care.  Later she was
married to Mr. J. D. McDonald, who, with two children, Mason and
Lillian McDonald, survive to mourn their loss.  She was a genuine
Christian lady, and greatly beloved by all who knew her.  Her
love for her home and children was as boundless as the ocean,
and there is much grief in the home because of the vacant chair
which is left.

The remains were brought up Saturday and carried to the Baptist
church where the solemn funeral services were held in the
afternoon, conducted by her pastor, Rev. G. G. Thomas.  Owing to
the almost incessant rains interment was deferred until Sunday
morning when she was laid to rest in our pretty little Cemetery
beneath a bank of flowers and evergreens placed there by loving
hands.

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