Leanell Hudson McDonald, age 89, formerly of Smyrna, died December 14, 2011 in Mansfield, TX. Mrs. McDonald was a native of Rutherford County and the daughter of the late William Ernest and Willie McKnight Hudson. She was preceded in death by her husband, John E. McDonald, Jr. who died in February of this year. Mrs. McDonald is survived by a daughter; Barbara Wheat and her husband Curtis of Mansfield, TX, granddaughter; Andrea Hensley of Mansfield, TX, two great grandchildren; Adriana and Lane Hensley. Visitation will be from 10:00am until 12noon Monday at Woodfin Chapel, Smyrna. Mrs. McDonald was a member of East Main Street Church of Christ and a retired Rutherford County School Teacher. She was a 1942 graduate of Kittrell High School and received her BS degree from MTSU in 1960. Memorials may be made to East Main Street Church of Christ, PO Box 429, Murfreesboro, TN 37133 or Beesley Animal Humane Foundation, PO Box 1886, Murfreesboro, TN 37133-1886 in memory of Mrs. McDonald. Woodfin Chapel, Smyrna. 615-459-3254. Online condolences may be made at www.woodfinchapel.com