Obituary Record
McDonald, John Jay - February 10, 1979
Funeral services are scheduled Monday for Bay St. Louis business and community leader John Jay McDonald, 72, who died at his residence, Saturday, Feb. 10, 1979.
There will be a visitation today at Riemann-Fahey Funeral Home from 4 to 6 p.m. Visitation will also be on Monday from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at Main Street Methodist Church with services following conducted by Dr. Gilbert Oliver, pastor, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Bay St. Louis.
He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Albert McDonald, founders of W. A. McDonald and Sons, Bay St. Louis. He attended Webb School, Bell Buckle, Tenn. and graduated from Bay High School.
He was co-owner of W.A. McDonald and Sons, Bay St. Louis and Pilcher Jewelry Company Mexico, Mo.
He was a Real Estate Developer in Hancock County serving as president of MA MAC, Inc., McDonald Realty Company and John McDonald Realty Company.
Mr. McDonald was a former president of the Bay Rotary Club, chairman of the American Red Cross, director and advisory board member of Hancock Bank, director of Gulf Park College, King of the Gulf Coast Carnival Club, and past president and director of Peoples Federal Savings and Loan Association, Bay St. Louis.
Mr. McDonald was a pioneer sailor on the Mississippi Gulf Coast being a charter member and former treasurer of the Bay-Waveland Yacht Club and also a member of the Gulfport, Biloxi and Greater New Orleans Yacht Clubs. He was a charter member of the Pass Christian Isles Golf Club and member of the Plimsoll Club, New Orleans.
He was a World War II veteran having served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy and was stationed at Corpus Christi, Texas and Adak, Alaska.
Mr. McDonald was active in the Main Street United Methodist Church, having served as chairman of Administrative Board and other church offices.
He is survived by his wife, Iva May Pilcher McDonald, two daughters, Ellen Kane and Nancy Uram, one brother C.C. McDonald Sr. and four grandchildren, John Regan and Sanders Burke Kane; and Johathan Allan and Megan McDonald Uram; four nephews, David, C.C Jr., Fred and James McDonald, and one neice Mrs. Otis Winnard all of Bay St. Louis.
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