Obituaries: Augustus Lawson McDonald, 1943, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 13, 1943 Winn Parish Enterprise

Last Rites Held For A. L. McDonald Thursday Morning

Augustus Lawson McDonald, 76, former state representative, died at his home in
Winnfield Wednesday morning at 12:10 o'clock succumbing to an illness of
influenza.  Funeral services were held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the
Methodist Church, of which the deceased was a member, by Rev. Harvey B.
Hartsell and Rev. H. H. McBride.  Interment was in the local cemetery.

The pallbearers were Matt Milam, Hasson Morris, Albert Nugent, Him Watts, J.
M. Hyde, and P. K. Abel.  Honorary pallbearers were W. E. Heard, N. L. Horton,
Joe Heard, H. B. Bozeman, and W. W. Allen.

Mr. McDonald was born June 20, 1867 at Gansville, La., and moved to Winnfield
in 1899, when the first railroad was routed through Winnfield.  He was first
employed by the Morris Bernstein mercantile establishment and between the
years 1910 and 1925 was partner to Joe and W. E. Heard in the hardware,
furniture business.  Later he was president of the Winnfield Construction
Company, which built the first gravel roads in this parish.  He was elected
state representative from Winn Parish in 1928, served until 1932 and at one
time was employed by the Louisiana Highway Commission as maintenance
superintendent of the 9th district.

Surviving are his widow, two sons, Gordon McDonald of Fort Bliss, Texas and A.
L. McDonald, Jr., of Texas City, Texas; one daughter, Mrs. Nathaniel Harris of
Mobile, Ala.; two brothers, Dr. Clarence McDonald of Manford, Oklahoma and
Henry McDonald of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and four grandchildren.