Mamie Louella McDonald

February 21, 1924 - August 8, 2013

Mamie Louella McDonald, 89, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away at Magnolia Manor in Groves on Thursday, August 8, 2013. She was born on February 21, 1924 to Violet Jacqueline Rutherford Thibodeaux and Wallace Thibodeaux in Crowley, Louisiana. She has been a resident of Port Arthur since 1941. Mamie married Willis Dewey McDonald on February 25, 1944, they had one daughter, Carmen Faye McDonald. Mamie attended St. Mary's Nursing School in Port Arthur and graduated in 1943. She worked as an LVN at St. Mary's Hospital Pharmacy and at Park Place Hospital Pharmacy until she retired in 1989. She later volunteered at Doctors Hospital. Mamie enjoyed line dancing with the Port Neches Senior Citizens and was a volunteer driver for Senior Citizens and Meals for the Homebound. Mamie served as queen of the Port Neches Mardi Gras Parade. She took art classes at the Old Woodshop in Orange where she perfected her artistic talents. Mamie was a member of Port Arthur Police Auxiliary. Mamie enjoyed travel throughout the United States with her friends at Great Outdoors and Sun Travel. Mamie was preceded in death by her parents, Wallace and Viola Thibodeaux, her husband, Willis McDonald and her daughter, Carmen Faye McDonald. She is survived by her brother, James Malcom Faulk and wife Ina of Lago Vista, niece, Susan Prokaski and husband Jeff of Austin, and nephews, Mike Faulk and wife Sue of Austin, Wyndell Faulk of Austin, along with several grand and great nieces and nephews. Visitation will be on Sunday, August 11, 2013 from 1 PM to 4 PM at Clayton Thompson Funeral Home in Groves. Funeral service will be at 2:00 PM Monday, August 12, 2013 in the Thompson Memorial Chapel at Clayton Thompson with Pat Ritchie, Chaplain for Odyssey Hospice, officiating. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Serving as pallbearers will be Mike Faulk, Hill Petry, Chris Cormier, Craig Schrader, Sammy Sigur and Vincent Kennenson. Honorary pallbearers will be Wyndell Faulk, Geoffrey Wood and Gary Devries.