Back to the Baker High People Page[Deceased: September 18, 2002 in Sarasota, FL]
This ran in today's newspaper. Sunday, September 22, 2002:
January 25, 1954 -September 18, 2002
SMITHS, AL — Kevin G. McDonough, of Smiths, AL, died peacefully on Wednesday, September 18, 2002 in Sarasota, FL.
Funeral services will be held 3:00 PM Tuesday, September 24, 2002 at Striffler-Hamby Mortuary Phenix City Chapel, with the Rev. Don Canonica officiating. Interment will immediately follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 2:00 to 3:00 PM prior to the chapel service.
A 1972 graduate of Baker High School, he was awarded the Bi City Football Trophy as the Player of the Year in his Senior year. Earning a football scholarship to the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, he set records in his Freshman year. A promising football career was ended when he was injured in an accident.
Following graduation with a degree in Political Science, he entered a career with the Boy Scouts of America, an organization that gave him pleasure continuant with promotions and their policies, he served with scouting programs in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama South Carolina and Florida.
Kevin was born January 25, 1954 at Camp Polk, LA. He was preceded in death by two brothers, James G. and Martin G. McDonough. He is survived by his parents, CSM (Ret) James G. and Marie E. McDonough of Smiths, AL; a brother, Brian and a sister, Noreen of Opelika, AL; a brother, Stevee of Ft. Payne, AL; and several nephews and nieces.