Skip to main content

Maurice O. Terry

Maurice O. Terry, 84, of LaFontaine, IN, died Monday, April 24, 2017, at his lake home.

Mr. Terry graduated from Hale Community High School and earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama. He served in the United States Army and retired as a veteran administrator for the Marion Veterans Hospital, in Marion.

He was a member of the LaFontaine United Methodist Church, in LaFontaine; American Legion Post 49, in Van Buren; NARFE; Arbor Trace Golf Club, in Marion; and Meals on Wheels of Wabash County.

He was born Dec. 1, 1932, in Moundville, AL, to Thomas Harrison “Harry” and Martha Payne Terry. He married Bonnie Rigney on June 16, 1962, and she survives.

Additional survivors include a sister, Martha (Jesse) Godwin, of Pineapple, AL.

Calling is Thursday, April 27, 2017, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home, LaFontaine Chapel, 104 S. Main St., LaFontaine. A service will be held on Friday, April 28, 2017, at 11 a.m. at LaFontaine United Methodist Church, 2 W. Kendall St., LaFontaine. Rev. Crystal Jacobson and Rev. Larry Ray will officiate. Burial will be at the LaFontaine IOOF Cemetery, in LaFontaine.

Memorial gifts may be made to the LaFontaine United Methodist Church.

Online condolences may be made at www.mcdonaldfunerals.com.