This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McAtee, Herring, Young Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/9819 Message Board Post: Cameron Herald, Thur., 24 Aug 2006 James Errol "Jim" McAtee, 86, of Beaumont, died Aug. 21 in his home. Services were held today at 1 p.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Beaumont. Burial followed in St. Mark's Garden Columbarium. McAtee was born in Richland Springs on April 8, 1920 to Francis Jerome and Bertha Herring McAtee (formerly of Jones Prairie). McAtee was a Rosebud High School graduate of 1937 and received a bachelor's of science in Business Administration from Hardin-Simmons University in 1947. He also played football there. He also served in the US Navy during World War II as a pilot, attaining the rank of Lieutenant in the US Atlantic Fleet Air Force. He started Gulf Coast Screw and Supply Co. Inc. in 1966 and owned and operated that until his retirement in 1998. McAtee is survived by his wife 53 years, Jo Ann Young "Jody" McAtee; daughter Nancy McGrade and husband Stephen; son John Errol McAtee and wife, Kimberly; and four grandchildren, Nell Alexandra McGrade, Harris Covington McGrade, Jane Ellen McAtee and Katherine Errol McAtee. Memorial Gifts can be made to St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 680 Calder, Beaumont, Texas 77701