LUGOFF - Funeral service for Ernest Tillman McDonald, 80, will be held Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. at Pine Grove Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Doug Whitfield and Rev. Paul Miles will officiate. The family will receive friends Monday 6-8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Pine Grove Baptist Church Building Fund. Mr. McDonald died Saturday, May 1, 2010. Born in Richland County, he was the son of the late Jesse Tillman and Emily Jane Ross McDonald. He served in the United States Marine Corp and retired from DuPont after 34 years. He enjoyed helping those in need, working on his A-Model car, farming, and most of all spending time with his family. Mr. McDonald was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church where he was a former Deacon, and member of the Adult II Sunday School Class and the Senior Citizens Club. He also had served on the church Building Committee, Grounds Committee and was a former Sunday School Teacher. Surviving are his wife of 57 years, Mildred Miles McDonald; daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah Ann and Benny Goff of Elgin, Marian and Toby Sheehan of Lugoff, and Nancy Jane and Timmy Short of Maxmeadows, Va.; sister, Erline LeGrande of Lugoff; 7 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by son, Ernest Tillman McDonald, Jr.; and sister, Sally Hagood.