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J. J. McDonald dies of heart attack
By BILL GAUDET
SUN CORRESPONDENT
BAY ST. LOUIS ? John Jay McDonald, one of the most prominent business leaders in Bay St. Louis and Waveland, died unexpectedly early Saturday morning at his beach home here.
McDonald, 72, had attended a dinner party at the Bay-Waveland Yacht Club Friday night.
Hancock County coroner Carl Ban-deret, who investigated McDonald?s death, said McDonald died from a heart attack. His death was discovered early Saturday morning when his wife Iva May went to look for him around 2 a.m. The lights were on downstairs and she found , her husband in the den. He was still fully dressed.
McDonald had a history of heart problems but he had been considered in good health and had been extremely active in both business and social affairs.
McDonald, who was served as a
lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II, was born in Bay St. Louis and after graduating from Bay St. Louis he went to work for his father, W.A. McDonald, founder of what has now become the oldest, largest hardware and building supply firm in Hancock County, W.A. McDonald and Son.
Never 1n politics, McDonald was active in business development, not only in Bay St. Louis and Waveland, but along the Mississippi Gulf Coast as well. Shortly after Hurricane Camille in 1969, he built and developed two of Waveland?s most exclusive subdivisions, Whispering Pines and Lakeside. He also developed a large subdivision off Dunbar Ave. in Bay St. Louis. He was a charter member of the Bay-Waveland Yacht Club and the Pass Christian Isles Golf Club. He was a former board member of Gulf Park College in Long Beach.
In other business connections, he
See MCDONALD, Page A-4
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