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George P. McDonald - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Post, February 9, 2004

TALLULAH George P. McDonald died Friday, Feb. 6, 2004, at his home in Tallulah. He was 67.

Mr. McDonald, a lifelong resident of Madison Parish, retired from the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers after 29 years of service. He owned McDonald Pecans and co-owned M&B Pecans in 
Tallulah. 

He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Tallulah Masonic Lodge and Mississippi Pecan 
Growers Association. He was also a board member of the Louisiana Pecan Growers Association.

Mr. McDonald was preceded in death by his parents, Baxter Sr. and Erna Powell McDonald, and a 
brother, Baxter McDonald Jr.

Survivors include his wife, Betty Ann Panquin McDonald of Tallulah; two sons, Billy Charles 
McDonald of Tallulah and Darryl Keith McDonald of Shreveport; two brothers, Frank McDonald of 
Bedford, Texas, and David McDonald of Groves, Texas; five sisters, Margie Henry of Arlington, 
Texas, Erna Jean Crowson of Shreveport, Ruth McDonald of Tindol, La., Patsy Antley of Waverly, 
La., and Sara Ann Gillum of Crockett, Texas; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and 
nieces, nephews and friends.

Services were at 3 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church of Tallulah with the Rev. John Rushing 
and Harold Melancon officiating. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction 
of Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were Shelby Moffett, Brian Panquin, Ronnie Crowson, Benjy Gillum, John Antley and 
James McDonald. 

Honorary pallbearers were current and retired employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 
Mat Sinking Unit of Vicksburg, and members of the Louisiana Pecan Growers Association.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or a favorite charity.