Alvie "Red" Onellious McDonald

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Obituary, as posted by Dixon Fletcher to Ancestry.com on 19 Jun 2013

Alvie "Red" McDonald -86, of Shelbyville, passed away at his home on Friday, November 17, 2006. He was born July 13, 1920 in Grand Saline to Acie and Nellie Lee McDonald. Mr. McDonald was a member of East Hamilton Missionary Baptist Church. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge and served in the US Army Infantry Division during WWII. Funeral services were held on Sunday, November 19, 2006 at Watson & Sons Chapel in Center with Bro. Kenneth McCauley and Bro. Billy Windham officiated. Interment was at East Hamilton Cemetery in Shelby County. Red is survived by his wife, Bernice McDonald of Shelbyville; daughters, Ann Foster and husband Don and Shirley Tobey and husband Richard, all of Fort Worth; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; brother Raymond McDonald and wife Judy of Boyd, Texas; sisters Nema Davis and Dorthy Pipin, both of Center; sisters-in-law, Laura McDonald of Center and Vi McDonald of Fort Worth; and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; his granddaughter, Carey Tobey and four brothers.

His gravesite also has a military marker, embossed with a cross and "Alvie O. McDonald, US Army, World War II, July 13, 1920-Nov 17, 2006"

Alvie married Bernice Luzelle Eddins before 1944. Bernice (daughter of Larkin Chivers Eddins, Sr. and William Hattie Tatum) was born on 14 Sep 1923 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Jun 2015; was buried in East Hamilton Cemetery, Patroon, Shelby County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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