A Tribute to Don and Lucille McCormack
by Robert Watters

One of the pleasures of life is to meet strangers that become good friends. In 1988, I was struggling to start a new service business in Winnnsboro, called R.H. McCrary Services. Someone reffered me to the McCormack's to take care of repairs at their farm in the Pineview area.

After meeting these folks, I was immediately made to feel welcome at and home around them. It was a pleasure to take care of needs at two homes at their farm for several years. I was entrusted with keys to the homes and made regular stops to check on things for Don and Lu.

That is just what I did. The pleasure of knowing them and some of their family was what was important. I grew to have a high regard for them and valued their friendship. Experiences like these are meaningful to me and help make life worth living.

Don and Lu left a legacy of friends, and most importantly, a great family. History is built on the foundation of the family that God so perfectly invented. It has been my good fortune to have known such good folks that have left such a foundation on which good history will be formed.

Children (from left to right) Linda McCary, Cathy Hinzman, Mike McCormack, Maureen Mayfield, and Donna Berens.

Grandchildren (from left to right, bottom to top) Natalie Hinzman (12), David McCormack (11), Brittany Mayfield (9) Rachel Hinzman (15), Matt McCary (15), Jessica McCormack (15), and Jenny McCary (18).

Mrs. Lucille McCormack passed away on November 11, 2002. Mrs. McCormack was born in St. Louis, MO on April 19, 1924 and attended Grover Cleveland High School and Hadley Business School in St. Louis prior to starting a career in accounting. Don and Lucille McCormack were married for 40 years, and Lucille is loved and will forever be remembered by her family and friends.