Bobby McDonald

Funeral services for Bobby McDonald, age 60, of Sulphur Springs will be held Saturday, November 26, 2016 at 10 a.m., in the auditorium, of the Hopkins County Civic Center, with Jerry Savage and Shane Carrington officiating. Interment will follow at Reilly Springs Cemetery with Chad Jones, Jeremy Jones, Michael Lawrence, Dr. Danny Lawrence, Cody Kirby, Dr. David Black, Tom Sellers and Bob Weaver serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held Friday, November 25, 2016 at 6-8 p.m. at Hopkins County Civic Center.
Mr. McDonald passed away Monday, November 21, 2016 at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas. He was born July 29, 1956 in Sulphur Springs, the son of Phillip M. "Pete" and Joyce (Crouch) McDonald. He was the owner of Front Porch News Texas and former owner of McDonald Bookkeeping and Tax Service, and a dairy farmer in Hopkins County. He was a member of League Street Church of Christ, President of the Reilly Springs Cemetery Board, and a member of the board for both Paris Junior College and Northeast Texas Community College. He has been recognized as both Citizen of the Year and Farmer of the Year for Hopkins County. He has served his community as a member of the Chamber of Commerce board and Dairy Festival board for many years.
He is survived by his mother, Joyce McDonald of Yantis; two sisters, Judy Jones and husband Marlin of Sulphur Springs and Jan Lawrence and husband David of Muleshoe, Texas; nieces and nephews, Chad Jones and wife Laura, Jeremy Jones, Michael Lawrence and wife, Jandi, Dr. Danny Lawrence and wife Shannon, Abby Kirby and husband Cody and Jacy Heinrich; and several great nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his father and a nephew, Jason Lawrence.
Memorials can be made in honor of Mr. McDonald to Reilly Springs Cemetery Association, 1217 South Broadway, Sulphur Springs, TX. 75482 or Hopkins County 4H, P.O. Box 518, Sulphur Springs, TX. 75433.