Austin, Texas, Texas
Louis Darrell McDonald
1943 — 2022
Louis Darrell McDonald, devoted son, beloved brother, father, grandfather, uncle, coach, and friend passed away on September 10, 2022, in Austin, Texas, at the age of 79. Darrell was born on July 17, 1943, in Pittsburg, Texas, the son of Louis Edgar and Imogene Riddle McDonald. He grew up in Hughes Springs where he excelled as an athlete and graduated with the Hughes Springs High School Class of 1961. He then graduated from Texarkana College and later from East Texas State University in Commerce with a Master's Degree in Education. For more than 40 years, Darrell was a high school coach and educator in Northeast Texas. He began his career in Quitman followed by stops in Mount Pleasant,...