This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YS.2ADE/817 Message Board Post: I am NOT related to this family. This obituary was in the St. Clair Times, St. Clair Co., AL., Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006. J.D. Macon Pell City--The Rev. J.D. Macon, 71, joined his Heavenly Father on Oct. 16, 2006. After a five year battle with cancer, he passed peacefully into eternity surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be Thursday, Oct. 19, at 12 p.m. from Usrey Chapel with the Rev. Ted St. John and the Rev. Archie Maddox officiating. Interment will be in St. Clair Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6-9 p.m. at the funeral home. J.D. was a beloved husband and father as well as a faithful servant of the Lord and a successful businessman. He was the former pastor of both Evening Star Baptist Church in Vincent and Second Baptist Church in Pell City. Rev. Macon also founded Maco Industries in Pell City in 1975 and ran the business until his recent passing. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. Rev. Macon is survived by his wife, Clara Bice Macon; four children, Teresa (Gerald) Carr, Brenda LeVan, Angela (Greg) Brown, and Tommy Macon; nine grandchildren, Brandon (Anne) Carter, Krystal Carr, Amber LeVan, Lauren West, Natalie (Brandon) Mathers, Candace Carr, Matthew Brown, Kathy Brown, and Jacob Brown; two great grandchilden, Ava Carter and Macy mathews; four sisters, Ira Bella Trucks, Dorothy (Buck) Stewart, Dean (Brown) Dye, and Brenda (Jim) Ogle; and two brothers, Quinton (Mary Virginia) Macon and Bill (Peggy) Macon. He was preceded in death by one grandchild, Bradley Carter. The family wishes to thank our friends and family for the many prayers and for the support during Rev. Macon's long illness. "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us" Romans 8:18 "Come unto me and I will give you rest." Usrey Funeral Home, Pell City, will be in charge of arrangements.