October 28, 1914 –  April 6, 2014  Funeral services for Lucille McDonnell, 99, will be held Tuesday, April 8, 2014, at 10:30 am at Meador Funeral Home Chapel in Whitesboro with Rev. Gerald Dudley officiating, assisted by Rev. Carl Douglas. She died Sunday, April 6, 2014, at Just Like Home in Whitesboro. Lucille was born October 28, 1914 to Cecil R. Pyles and Ollie (Baker) Pyles in Whitesboro, Texas. She married J. W. McDonnell on February 28, 1933 in Whitesboro and J. W. died March 23, 1978. There will be no visitation service. Interment will follow at Dixie Cemetery under the direction of Meador Funeral Home.She had lived in the Whitesboro and Dixie area all her life and she was a member of the Dixie Baptist Church. She was the last surviving member of the Whitesboro High School class of 1930.
She is survived by her sister-in-law, Nelda Sanders and husband, John; neice, Donna Harris and husband, John and two nephews, Jerry Sanders and wife, Vivian and Johnny Sanders and wife, Sandra, as well as a host of good friends.
Pallbearers will be Gene Deckard, Randy Sanders, Kevin Maynard and Jim Keller. Charlie Williams will serve as honorary pallbearer.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Cecil and Ollie Pyles and husband, J. W. McDonnell.
The family would like to express their appreciation to Just Like Home and their employees and to Home Hospice for their love and excellent care that was given to her during her stay at Just Like Home.