Ronald A. McNair

March 13, 1932 - June 7, 2019

Memorial services for Ronald McNair, 87, of Gilmer, will be held at 11:00 am., Monday, June 10, 2019, in the Chapel of McWhorter Funeral Home with Bro. Ray Thompson officiating. The family will receive friends 4:00 pm until 6:00 pm, Sunday, June 9, 2019. Ronald was born March 13, 1932, to Grover Cleveland McNair and Cora Lee Foster McNair, in Gilmer, Texas, and went to be with his Heavenly Father June 7, 2019, in Gilmer, Texas. He married Sandra Townsend McNair, February 13, 1957 in the Indian Rock Community. He worked for many years at Lone Star Steel in the shipping department until his retirement. Ronald was very active in church, serving as a deacon and Sunday school superintendent for several years. He was an avid sports fan having played for the Gilmer Buckeyes as a young man. He served as an MP in the U.S. Air Force after graduating high school. He is survived by his wife, Sandra McNair; daughter, Dee Tucker and husband, Richard; grandchildren, Amber Tucker Gutschlag and husband, Tim, and Trey Huffman and wife, Ann; 3 great grandchildren, Joshua Gutschlag, Lizzie Gutschlag and Libby Huffman. He is preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Ronnette Huffman in 2016; and his brothers, Wacil McNair, Sherwyn McNair and Dalmon McNair. Please visit Ronald’s on-line registration book at www.mcwhorterfh.com to leave a memory for the family.