Anetha LaVanne McDonald
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Anetha LaVanne McDonald, 55, of Harrisburg, passed away 2:25 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at St. Mary's Hospital, Evansville, Ind.
She was born Feb. 8, 1956, in Osceola, Ark., the daughter of John A. and Melba C. Cravens Sr. She was married to Andrew McDonald, and he survives.
She was a social worker with the state of Illinois Department of Human Services. She attended Baber Chapel A.M.E. Church in Carrier Mills and was a member of the Women of Faith organization.
Surviving Anetha are her husband, Andrew; mother, Melba Taylor of Caruthersville, Mo.; one son, Jeff, and one daughter, Analise, both of Harrisburg; and one brother, John Taylor Jr., also of Harrisburg.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, March 26, 2011, at the Harbor Light Church, 60 Reynolds Road, Harrisburg, with Pastor Quentin Redd officiating. The J.M. Weirauch Funeral Home in Harrisburg is in charge of the arrangements.