MARGARET KELLY MCDONALD, 77, beloved wife, mother,
grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, teacher and
friend, died suddenly on April 23, 2004 in Eastland,
TX.
Margaret was born in Dallas on July 31, 1926 & lived
in various places in Texas throughout her childhood.
She graduated from Sweetwater High School and the
University of Texas at Austin. She taught school and
married Keith McDonald in 1949. They moved to Ranger,
TX in 1956, where their three younger daughters were
born and all four attended school. She taught and
earned her Masters degree from Southwest Texas State
in 1967.
She taught teenagers for 29 years, retiring in 1987.
Her retirement was spent caring for her children and
grandchildren, tutoring, reading and quilting. She
recently made a family trip to North Carolina to attend
the 200th anniversary of the first Kelly's landing on
North American shores.
At the time of her death, Margaret was survived by her
husband, Keith McDonald of Ranger; two sisters, Ebb Jones
of Wichita Falls and Helan Drake of Dallas; four daughters
sons-in-law, Kelly (RHS-1971) & Dave Benbrook of Arlington,
Sally (RHS-1974) and Mike Hebner of Abilene, Lili (RHS-1980)
and Mike Knight of Stephenville, & Amy (RHS-1986) and Tony
Rodriguez of Dublin; two granddaughters, Alison & Katherine
Duke of Arlington; three grandsons, Keith Knight of Stephen-
ville and Set and Wyatt Rodriguez of Dublin; numerous step-
grandchildren and their families; one great-granddaughter,
Taylor Knight of Stephenville.
HUSBAND: KEITH E. MCDONALD, 85, beloved father, teacher
and friend, died Aug. 12, 2013 in Stephenville, TX. He
was born Sept. 28, 1927 in Nolan County, TX. He served
in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He married
Margaret Kelly McDonald in Dec. of 1949 and they reared
four daughters. He earned degrees from Texas Tech & Texas
A&M, ranched, and taught Agriculture at various schools,
including Strawn, TX. Burial was in Mt. Zion Cemetery
He was preceded in death by his parents, Earl and Ann Lee
(McLaughlin) McDonald, brothers Weldon Earl and Morris
McDonald, and his beloved wife, Margaret.
He is survived by his daughters Kelly Benbrook (Dave) of
Arlington, TX; Sally Hebner (Mike) of Abilene, TX; Lili
Knight (Mike) of Stephenville, TX; and Amy McDonald of
Dublin, TX. He was a loving grandfather and great-grand-
father.