Mr. James William McDonald, age 85, of Summerville, GA, died Tuesday, February 3, 2015, at the Redmond Regional Medical Center.
 
Mr. McDonald was born January 29, 1930, in LaFayette, GA, son of the late Winston Alton and Margaret Corrine Williams McDonald.  He was retired from the City of Summerville and was a veteran of the U.S. Army where he served in the Korean War.  He was also a member of the V.F.W. Post 6688 and the American Legion Post 129.  In addition to his parents, Mr. McDonald was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Arleetha Wilson McDonald; and a granddaughter, Cortney Leann Fulmer.
 
Mr. McDonald is survived by his sons, Randy McDonald and Rex McDonald; daughters, Jamye McDonald, Kyla Wilbanks, and Margaret Nell Fulmer; sisters, Thelma Brown, Kathryn McDonald, Dean Cox, and Frances Payton; 11 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; and special friend, Goldie Patty.
 
Funeral services for Mr. McDonald will be held at 3:30 P.M. Friday, February 6, 2015, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Terry Shores officiating.  Interment will follow in the Greenhills Memory Gardens.  Active pallbearers will be grandsons and include Jordan Wilbanks, Joshua Wilbanks, Jonathan McDonald, Isaac McDonald, Benji McDonald, and nephew, James Mullins.  Honorary pallbearers will be the Chattooga Senior Center, the members of the V.F.W. Post 6688, and the employees of the City of Summerville.
 
Mr. McDonald will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Thursday, February 5, 2015.
 
Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Mr. James William McDonald who died on Tuesday.