James McDonald, 79, of Florence, passed away on Friday, October 15, 2021. Mr. McDonald was born in Baltimore, Maryland a son of the late David Wells McDonald and Mary Margaret Helen McCarthy.He loved muscle cars, car shows, dancing the Shag and Tommy Bahama shirts. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, William David “Billy” McDonald, and half-brother, Robert Francis McCarthy. Surviving are his daughter, Angela McDonald; step-daughter, Debbie Powell (Frankie) Hyman; step-grandchild, Amber Hyman (Garrette) Jones; step-great-grandchild, John Garren Jones; sister, Barbara Ann McDonald Collins, and many nieces and nephews.He will be missed as well by his two best buddies, Jimmy Tomlinson and Dennis Osborne. Memorials may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, www.woundedwarriorproject.org or to the VFW, www.vfw.org, or to www.donaldjtrump.com. The family will receive friends from 5 – 7 pm Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Please send messages to the family at the obit section of www.stoudenmiredowling.com.