David Lee McDonie
(April 29, 1937 - April 4, 2012)

David Lee McDonie 74, of Huntington, WV, passed away April 4, 2012, in the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted 12:00 pm April 6, 2012 at Community of Grace United Methodist Church, of which he was a member of the church choir, with Pastor Steve Hamrick officiating. Burial will follow in Milton Cemetery. Dave was born April 29, 1937, in West Hamlin, WV, a son of the late William McKinley and Lillian Wallace McDonie. His first wife, Ruth Jewell Flemming McDonie, and a sister Betty McCoy also preceded him in death. He was a 1956 graduate of Logan High School, a member of the Ice Creek Missionary Baptist Church and choir. He retired from the C&O Railroad as a locomotive engineer with 38 years service. Survivors in include his wife, Becky Tabor Cummings McDonie of Huntington; two daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah and John Stone of Huntington, Denise and Jessie Dillow of Ashland, KY; three sons and daughters-in-law, Richard and M.J. McDonie of South Korea, Stephen and Dawn McDonie of Granville, OH, William Shawn and Eleanor McDonie of Columbus, OH; one step-daughter and her husband, Beth and Jeff Copley of Huntington; two sisters, Patricia Vance of Brookville, FL, and Brenda Kosisky of Mobile, AL; and 12 grandchildren. Friends may call one hour prior to service time Friday, April 6, 2012, at the Church.