Submitted by: Dan Rich

Alan Donaldson

April 22, 1964 - Dec. 30, 1999

South Bend Tribune 1/4/2000

Mr. Alan "Tyrone" Donaldson, loving father, brother, son and uncle, 35, of South Bend, Indiana, departed this life on Thursday, December 30, 1999, following a brief illness at Memorial Hospital. He was born on April 22, 1964, in South Bend, to the union of Johnnie and the late Izola G. Donaldson.

Tyrone leaves to cherish his fond and loving memory three children: two daughters, Jasmine Donaldson and Jamyka Donaldson; a son, De Andre Forbes; his father, Johnnie Donaldson, III; four sisters, Helen (William) Harris, Ruth (David) Blake, Gail Woodfork, and his twin sister, Teresa Donaldson; seven brothers, Jimmy Donaldson, Paul (Carmelita) Donaldson, Joe (Suellen) Donaldson, Ivan Donaldson, Jerry (Gwen) Donaldson, all of South Bend, William (Laverne) Donaldson of Detroit, Michigan, and Kenneth (Sharon) Donaldson of Cincinnati, Ohio; and a host of nieces, nephews, godchildren, other relatives and friends. His mother, Izola Donaldson, and one sister, Sheila Donaldson, preceded him in death. Tyrone was a graduate of Washington High School and he attended Premier Beauty College. He was employed by LTV-AM General Corporation for the past 16 years. He was also a very active member of the NAACP.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, January 5, 2000, at 11:00 A.M. at New Hope Full Gospel Baptist Church, 313 East Ohio Street. Visitation will be held today from 7:00-9:00 P.M. at Alford's Mortuary, 1222 W. Napier Street, South Bend, Indiana. Interment at Highland Cemetery, South Bend. Alford's Mortuary has been entrusted with handling the arrangements.