MARY
CATHERINE DUNCAN MACDONALD. Memorial services celebrating the
life of Mrs. Mary Catherine Duncan Macdonald will be held 2
p.m. Tuesday in the McGregor Presbyterian Church, 6505 St.
Andrews Road, Columbia, South Carolina. Visitation will be in
McGregor Hall following the service. Leevy’s Funeral Home,
Taylor Street Chapel is in charge. Katie was born on February
25, 1917 in Memphis, Tennessee to Frank and Frances Duncan. On
December 26, 1938, she married Arthur Edward Macdonald, who
preceded her in death in 1966. They raised four children:
Catherine Duncan Macdonald, Susan Macdonald Glenn, Margaret
Louisa Macdonald and Mary Macdonald Tomlinson. Katie taught in
the Memphis City School system for over twenty-five years.
After she left the teaching profession, she worked as a church
secretary at Underwood United Methodist Church in Memphis
before moving to Columbia to be close to her family. She was
an active family member of Buntyn Presbyterian Church in
Memphis for over sixty years. While in Columbia, she worked at
McGregor Presbyterian Church Preschool, then found what she
referred to as her favorite job, as a “Carousel Lady” at
Columbiana Centre Mall in Irmo. She was also an active member
of McGregor Presbyterian Church and served as Moderator of the
Women of the Church. She is mourned by her daughters; by her
sons-in-law, Tom Glenn and Don Tomlinson; by her
grandchildren, Leslie Herrle (Paul), Chris Hones (Leigh),
Matthew Glenn (Meghan), Jessica Crumpacker (Jay) and Rebecca
Tomlinson; by her great-grandchildren, Nicholas Cobain Herrle,
Emmaline Mae Herrle, Amelia Grace Jones, Ethan Henry Glenn,
Ansleigh Frances Glenn, Mary Katelyn Crumpacker, and Andrew
James Crumpacker; and by many other members of her extended
family and friends. The family extends their appreciation to
the many loving caregivers at the Columbia Presbyterian Home
and at Harmony Hospice. Memorials, in lieu of flowers, may be
made to McGregor Presbyterian Church, to Buntyn Presbyterian
Church, Memphis, Tennessee, or to the Presbyterian Homes of
South Carolina. Arrangements by: Leevy’s Funeral Home Taylor
Street Chapel |