Paul H. McDonald
April 14, 1925 ~ January 6, 2005
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Paul H. McDonald, 79, of 241 Pole Creasman Road, Asheville, lost his battle with cancer on Thursday, January 6, 2005.
A native of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Noah B. and Georgia Palmer McDonald and was a WWII veteran of the US Army Air Corps. Mr. McDonald retired after 25 years of service with Mid State Mills, Inc. of Newton, NC. He was a sales representative and served super markets in North Carolina, Tennessee and North Georgia. He was a member of Reeves Chapel United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Vivian “Peggy” Proffitt McDonald; two daughters, Andrea Simpson and Amanda Edwards of Asheville; a son, Mark McDonald of Asheville; two sisters, Jessie Edmonds and Virgie Parker of Asheville; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be 2:00 pm Sunday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with the Reverend Phillip Hurst officiating.
The family will receive friends from 7:00-8:30 pm Saturday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue and request that, in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Reeves Chapel UMC Cemetery Fund, 225 Sardis Road, Asheville, NC 28806.
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Dear Mark,
I am so sorry for your loss. I only just saw your fathers obituary today. I think of you all often, please tell your mother I love her and I will be keeping all of you in my prayers.
Love,
Denise Tessener, Jaci Black and families
Peggy, Andrea, Amanda & Mark,
We are so very sorry to hear of Paul’s passing. We know that it has been a long battle that he has had with his cancer. Knowing Paul and his smile, I’m sure that he fought it with dignity. We hope that each of you can find your peace and grieve with the same love that we know he left behind for all of you. We know that his family was so very important to him. We remember the reunions and all of you being together.
We do want you to know that our thoughts and prayers are with each of you.
Paul & Nelda
Dear Peggy, Andy, Mandy and Mark:
Just know our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
We love you all,
Phyllis
Dear Peggy,
Paul’s influnce was felt beyond the family. You can rest assured he has gone to a better place and will be there to greet each of his loved ones when they transend to Heaven.
Adrian Stubbs
We were sorry to hear of your Loss of a Loved one. Our prayers are with you during this time.
Pat and Roger
Peggy;
Thinking of you and all the family at this time. Also, remembering all the good times we had with Paul and the McDonald family. You are all in our thoughts and prayers.
Jeanne and Dale
Rob, Suzanne and families
To the Family of Paul McDonald’?
Having once been an integral part of your family, I am deeply saddened by your loss, and words can’t adequately express the sadness that will continue to linger in the aftermath of Paul’s passing. I vividly recall and will forever remember the tremendous love and enormous pride that he carried for all of his family, and my prayers, sympathy, and warm thoughts are with all of you. He was a truly a great man and a unique individual. I know how much you will miss him, but I also know you are grateful for the many blessings of the beautiful years you shared together. His wonder-filled eyes and pleasant grin, his compassion and generosity, his decency’? these were but a few of the endearing elements making an original mix that truly sparkled, and the intangible traits that made him a very special person.
All of us, regardless of what we choose to do with and in our lives, want to make a difference. We want to feel that somehow we have added color and texture to the remarkable tapestry of the evolving human story. We want to believe that what we contributed was unique and important and valued. We want people to affirm that what we stood for mattered to them, and that we lived our life with purpose, integrity, compassion, and service. And, we want to leave a legacy ‘? something uniquely ours ‘? something that it is clear that our name was on. But perhaps our greatest wish, and often our greatest fear, is that we don’t want to be forgotten. Paul McDonald didn’t have to worry about that, because what the heart once cherished, it will never lose. The ability to touch one life, to reach out to just one person, is what makes life grand. Paul touched so very, very many of us that he was golden.
Each of us has their own perspective and personal memories of him, and we must all balance the tears of sorrow with the tears of joy, and mix the bitter with the sweet in death and life. Beyond the sadness and loss that is now felt, we also must hold a sense of intense privilege and gratitude for having been allowed to share a part of his life. Although what has been lost is tremendous, what he gave us is immeasurable. To those who knew him, no explanation is necessary. To those who didn’t, no explanation is possible. With emotion in your hearts, and with love that knows no bounds, you have bid farewell to a departed husband, father, grandfather, and friend. But death only ends a life here on earth; death does not end a relationship. He will live forever in all your hearts as you forever remember the gift his life has been.
I pray that God will provide adequate comfort to you in this period of adjustment and mourning.
Our prayers and sympathy’s to the McDonald family. I had the prevlidge of replacing Paul when he retired. As I traveled our territoy people would always ask about Paul. He obviously made a great impression on our customers
Peggy and Family: Having the pleasure to work along side of Paul was always a great treat for me. Never was He down and always He would lift your spirit by just being around him. Often He would speak of his family and the love of family meant so much to him as you well know. Just a wonderful, kind, sweet man who greatly influenced me. God Bless You