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Erna P. McDonald - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Tallulah Madison Journal August 16, 1973

Mrs. McDonald's rites held here Monday

Funeral services for Mrs. Erna P. McDonald of Tallulah were held Monday at Crothers Funeral Home Chapel 
with the Revs. David Corley and Clyde Colten officiating. Burial was in Providence Memorial Park Cemetery 
under direction of Crothers Funeral Home.

Mrs. McDonald was killed Saturday afternoon when the car she was driving collided head on with another 
automobile on I-20 near Rayville. Officers said the vehicle driven by Mrs. McDonald was proceeding west 
in the east-bound lane of I-20 about 2.5 miles east of Rayville when it collided with a vehicle driven 
by 23-year-old Lloyd D. Dunn of Tallulah. Police said Mrs. McDonald was pronounced dead at the scene 
and Dunn, his wife, Donna Dunn, 22, and their two-year-old daughter, Carol, were taken to the Richland 
Parish Hospital and later transferred to St. Francis Hospital in Monroe, where Dunn and his wife were 
listed in serious condition. Their daughter apparently escaped unharmed. Mrs. McDonald was alone in the 
vehicle she was driving. Officers said the collision occurred when Dunn, driving in the right lane of the 
east-bound section of the highway, attempted to pass a vehicle and collided head-on with the McDonald 
vehicle as he pulled into the left lane.

A native of Utica, Miss., Mrs. Mc Donald had resided in Madison Parish for 55 years. She was a member 
of the Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include her widower, Baxter McDonald Sr.; four sons, Baxter McDonald Jr., Monroe; David McDonald, 
Baton Rouge; Frank McDonald, Bedford, Tex.; and George McDonald, Tallulah; five daughters, Miss Ruth McDonald, 
New Orleans; Mrs. Pat Antley, Ida, La.; Mrs. Sara Ann Gillum, Houston, Tex.; Mrs. Marjorie Henry, Angleton, Tex.; 
and Mrs. Jean Crowson, Shreveport; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Patterson and Mrs. Hazel Powell, both of Tallulah.

Pallbearers were Robert Jackson, Tommy Wixon, Sherman Price, (others.)