Jacqueline Mcdonald

Jacqueline Kelley McDonald was born in Bonham, Texas on August 17, 1927, and died on March 4, 2017. She was the daughter of Tolbert Grisham Kelley and Gladys Perry Kelley and had a younger brother, George Warner Kelley. She married Charles Glenn McDonald in 1946 and they had one son, Scott K. McDonald. After Glenn’s death in 1995, Jackie married Harv Merrell, and they were married for seven years. Jackie grew up in Carrollton and attended SMU. She and Glenn lived in Carrollton, Victoria, and Dallas. They liked to travel, find new places to eat, go to football, basketball, and baseball games and play golf. Jackie loved her daily paper and the crossword puzzles it contained. Jackie loved the State Fair and the Arboretum, but more than that Jackie loved being around people. She was always well dressed, well coifed and her makeup was just right all the time.  Everyone loved Jackie. She is survived by her son, Scott K. McDonald and her granddaughter, Lillian Sedona McDonald, her sisters–in–law, Peggy Kelley and Carolyn McDonald, her brother-in-law, Roy McDonald and his wife Beth, nieces Judy McDonald, Monnette McDonald Gray, Melaine McDonald Woolsey, Perry Kelley Pennington and Jennifer McDonald Scroggins, nephew Roger Kelley, several cousins and many, many friends. She will be missed.A Memorial Service will be held at 1 P.M. on Saturday, March 18, 2017 in the Chapel of West/Hurtt Funeral Home, 217 S. Hampton Rd., DeSoto, Texas 75115. Memorials are encouraged to the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, P. O. Box 199300, Dallas, TX 75219-9842.