Donna Meeks McDonald, 60, of Fitzgerald died November 3, 2006, at the Life Care Center.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M., Sunday, November 5, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald, with Rev. Terry McDonald officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9 Saturday evening at the funeral home.
Mrs. McDonald was born July 18, 1946 in North Platte, Nebraska to the late Eddie E. Meeks and Kathryn Kelley Weatherford. She has lived in Fitzgerald for the past 22 years moving from Wichita Falls, Texas. She graduated in 1964 from Bronson High School in Bronson, Florida. She was a former resident of Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska. While living in Alaska, she worked at the State Museum of Alaska. Mrs. McDonald was a sitter for the sick and elderly. She was a loving Mother and Grandmother and a member of the Church of Unity.
Mrs. McDonald is survived by her husband: Arthur McDonald of Fitzgerald; Children: Cathy O. Richburg of Chiefland, FL, Karen M. Purdy and Brenda Kay Turner both of Gainesville, FL, Kenny S. (Dana) Corbin of Old Town, FL, James Arthur McDonald and Richard Edward McDonald both of Louisville, KY, Myrtis Ann (Chris) Pope of Abbeville, GA, Michelle Cribb and Rex Allen McDonald both of Mesquite, TX; three sisters: Sheryl Ondrias of Houston, TX, Mary Ann (Ronald) Wood of Altha, FL, Rhonda Bauldree of Tampa Bay, FL; one brother: Robert (Denise) Herrod of Houston, TX; twenty three grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one sister and one great grandchild.