Mary Joe Donahoo, age 92, passed away on March 17, 2019 in Dallas, Texas. She was born on October 20, 1926 in Brownwood, Texas to Rob and Laura Mae Wyatt. Mary Joe was raised near Early, Texas and graduated from Early High School in 1944. She married A.E. Donahoo in 1947 and the couple had two children.
Mary Joe was a housewife, co-started a small business, and an accounts clerk at Safeway's Division Office where she worked for more than ten years.
In her spare time Mary Joe enjoyed her church East Grand Baptist, bowling, her large extended family, and country music. Her family and friends will remember her as a caregiver and nurturer.
Mary Joe is preceded in death bu her parents, her husband, and four brothers: Gene, Jim, Rex, and George Wyatt. She is survived by her daughter, Mary Ann Melton-Cervantes; her son, Robert Donahoo; two brothers, Bob and Dan Wyatt; three sisters, Myrtle Donahoo, Martha Ryman, and Pat Reynolds; four grandchildren, Chris and Casey Melton and Ben and Kate Donahoo; two great-grandchildren, Callan and Royal Melton; and many nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers the family encourages donations to the Baylor University Scholarship Fund.
