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Submitted: 7/27/20 • Approved: 7/27/20 • Last Updated: 7/30/20 • R337224-G337222-S3
June 21, 1924 - July 14, 2003
Funeral services for June McDonald, 79, of Lockney will be held Thursday, July 17, 2003 at the First United Methodist Church in Lockney. Reverend Neeley Ladrum will officiate.
Burial will be in the Lockney Cemetery under the direction of Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home of Lockney.
She died on July 14, 2003 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock.
McDonald was born on June 21, 1924 in Summerfield to the late Budley Thorton and Bertha Moore Thorton. She moved to Lockney in 1925.
She married Wayne Bybee and had two children. He preceded her in death in October of 1958. She married Robert McDonald on July 16, 1983.
She worked at the bank in Lockney for 45 years and served as Vice-President until she retired in 1989. She was a member of the Eastern Star, B&PW, V.F.W. Auxillary and was the Women Citizen of the Year in Lockney.
She was also a member of the First United Methodist Church in Lockney having served as treasurer for 35 years.
She was a talented artist and craftsperson. She played bridge and was a part of the Dairy Queen Girls.
She was preceded in death by four brothers, Raymond, Orian, J.P. and Hollis Thorton.
Survivors include her husband, Robert McDonald; one son, Monty Bybee and his wife, Cindy of Eldorado; two stepsons, Marlon McDonald and his wife, Sherry of Lockney and Gary and his wife, Clarisse of Lubbock; one daughter, Tony Akin and her husband, Galen of Christoval; one stepdaughter, Cathie Elam and her husband, Gary of Mansfield; two brothers, Charles Thorton and Lewis Thorton, both of California; one sister, Mary Ruth Fewell of Lockney and seven grandchildren.
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