CAMDEN — DeLoyse
McDonald
DeLoyse “Dee” McDonald died Thursday, March 14, 2019 at her home in Camden, Arkansas.
She was born near Hope, Arkansas, to Vernie William Goynes and Ava Erwin Goynes. She was a long-time member of Maul Road Church of Christ. Dee married Walter Tyson McDonald Jr. - better known as “Dub or Mac” - on April 23, 1948, in Camden, where they lived their 50 years of married life. Dee worked years in various locations for the U.S. Government and related defense agencies in the field of personnel and administration. She retired from Atlantic Research Corporation in Camden as executive secretary to the general manager.
Dee was preceded in death by her husband; parents; sister, Virginia Goynes Benefiel; two brothers, Kenneth Goynes and Denver Goynes; and one nephew, Michael Poindexter.
She is survived by her daughter, Christine Wilson and son-in-law, Richard of Memphis, Tennessee, and Uvita Costa Rica; three grandsons, Mac Wilson of Carmel, California, Gus Wilson (Meredith) of Memphis, Tennessee, and Sam Wilson (Jennifer) of Atlanta, Georgia; two great granddaughters, Kelia Wilson of Memphis, and Poppy Elizabeth Wilson of Atlanta; three nieces, Sandra Shelton of Diamond Bar, California, Jenny Poindexter of Lake Elsinor, California, and Pat Terlau (Karl) of Gilbert, Arizona; one nephew, John Goynes (Pat) of Hope, Arkansas; and several great-nieces and great-nephews, among them being Tiffany Cambell Holler (Dave) of Anaheim, California.
Funeral services will be private. Proctor Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.