User:Jerry D. McDonald/Thomas H. McDonald

Thomas Harvey McDonald was born October 15, 1901 to Robert & Maggie McDonald in Texas. Thomas was a lifelong member of churches of Christ and preached for those churches for some 60 years before his death in Decatur,TX in 1994 at the age of 91.

Thomas received a BS at Abilene Christian College. He was married to Rose (Unknown) and fathered seven children. After Rose's death he married Glenis Hays and fathered six children. Thirteen children in all: 5 boys and 8 girls.

Thomas held meetings all over Texas, Missouri and Arkansas. After leaving the Ft. Worth, TX area in 1961 he moved his family to a 66 acre farm in McDonald County Missouri next to the Arkansas line.

Thomas died on February 5, 1994 and was laid to rest at the Newport Cemetery in Newport, TX. His second wife, Glenis, was laid to rest beside him on September 22, 2010.