Palestine High School Alumni Association

06 / 14 / 1954  –  12 / 14 / 2009

Services for Raleigh McDonald, 55, of Palestine, will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church with the Rev. Ted Welty officiating. Burial will follow in Neches Cemetery under the direction of Bailey and Foster, Palestine.Mr. McDonald died Monday at UT Health Center in Tyler.

He was born June 14, 1954 in Palestine to John B. and Dorothy Crider McDonald. Mr. McDonald was a member of the St. Philip’s Episcopal Church. He graduated from Palestine High School in 1972 and received his B.A. degree from the University of Texas in 1975. He was the owner of the UPS Store in Palestine. He was a member of the Lions Club and the Texas EX’s Association. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Mr. McDonald is survived by his daughters, Michelle Adams and husband Mike, Carrie McDonald and Ralph Pfleeger all of Fairfield, Elizabeth Smith and husband Sgt. Richard Smith of Fleming, Ga.; sister, Daryl Sorrells of McKinney; and a brother, John Ballard McDonald of Palestine; and six grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Dr. Ronald Stevener, Max Davis, Frank Roquemore, Chris Smith, Gary Hardin and Dale Wayne Smith. Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Douthit, Robin Moore, Lee Gillam, Marcus Neal and Stewart Gaines.

Condolence calls will be received from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Bailey and Foster Funeral Home, Palestine. Memorials may be made to the William Bonner Ingram Scholarship Fund, c/o East Texas National Bank, P.O. Box 770, Palestine, TX. 75802 or to St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 106 E. Crawford, Palestine, TX. 75801.

To view online, leave condolences or sign the guest book go towww.baileyandfosterfuneralhome.com

Published in the Herald-Press from 12/15/2009 – 12/16/2009