August 4, 1939 - February 19, 2022
The graveside service for Mary” Joyce” McDonald, 82 year-old Enid resident, is Thursday, 2:00PM at Bayou Mason Church, Lake Village, Arkansas under the direction of Bishop Funeral Home. Local arrangements are under the direction of Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home.
Mary was born August 4, 1939 in Choudrant, LA to General Goldman and Merle Edwina (Griffin) Jones and died Saturday, February 19, 2022 in Enid. Mary attended Lake Side High School in Lake Village, Arkansas, then known as Draughon’s Business College in Memphis, TN. She then worked as a secretary at McGregors Inc, and at Woodson-BozmanWholesale Co in Memphis from 1958 to 1970.
On June 10, 1965, she married Paul Jerry McDonald. They were married for 42 years. She also worked at Wilmot City Hall, 1975-1977 until they relocated to Odessa, TX where she helped out periodically in the office at Leamco.
After that, she kept busy keeping her life and those of her family going along smoothly and in proper order.
She is survived by her children, Paul Jerry McDonald Jr. and Jennifer Dawn Kelley; two grandsons, Ransom Luke McDonald and Canyon James McDonald; granddaughter, Kayla Dawn Kelley; sister, Mildred Dallas, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two brothers,; Lauerence Jones and wife, Barbara and Roy Jones.
Memorials may be given through the funeral home to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
Obituaries are posted, in part, due to the generosity of The Commons.
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