Biography:

Attorney; judge. Born– May 18, 1916, Huntsville. Parents– James H. and Ola (Dennis) McDonald. Married– Ethel Cranley, November 27, 1943. Children– One. Education– B.S., George Peabody College, 1940; JD University of Alabama, 1948. Employed as teacher by Asheville, N.C. city schools, 1940-1941; U.S. Army, 1941-1945–discharged with rank of S/Sgt; reporter, Columbus Enquirer, 1945-1946; attorney in private practice, Huntsville, 1949-1962, 1980-94; judge, Madison County Court, 1962-72; Madison County General Sessions Court, 1973-74. Wrote for the Fort Benning Bayonet, editor, army field manuals.  President, Alabama Association of Intermediate Court Judges. Died September 4, 1999.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online and files at Alabama Public Library Service.

Publication(s):

Next of Kin in Jail. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1978.

Joint_Publication(s):

The Code of Madison County, Alabama, 1978. Huntsville, Ala.; Madison County Commission, 1980.

Huntsville Sesquicentennial Album.  Huntsville, 1956.