Alvin T. McDow

LIFE STORY

ALVIN TAYLOR MCDOW "MAC" 74 OF GOLIAD, TEXAS, RECEIVED HIS PROMOTION TO GUARDIAN ANGEL ON JULY 31, 2025. HE WAS BORN JANUARY 12, 1951, TO DAVID L. MCDOW AND BESSIE T. MCDOW.

ALVIN WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND TO THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, KATHRYN MCDOW. THE TWO BECAME ONE, ON DECEMBER 18, 1971, IN GOLIAD, TEXAS. TO THIS UNION THEIR DAUGHTER LATONYA R. MCDOW WAS BORN.

ALVIN WAS A MAN OF MANY TALENTS AND NO STRANGER TO HARD WORK. HE WAS EPITOME OF BEING A HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER AND BROTHER. HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS A ROLE MODEL, LEADER, PROTECTOR AND PROVIDER TO HIS FAMILY AND LOVED ONES.

STRONG IN STATUTE HUMBLED IN SPIRIT, ALVIN STOOD PROUD ON TRUTH AND LOVE.

ALVIN RETIRED FROM ALCOA, AFTER 30 YEARS EMPLOYED, AS A PAINTER APPRENTICE. HE WAS A VIETNAM VETERAN PROUDLY SERVING IN THE MARINE CORPORATION. HONORABLE DISCHARGED AS A LANCE CORPORAL, RECOGNIZED RIFLE MARKSMAN, RECIEVING A VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL AND NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL.

HE REMAINS HONORED BY WIFE KATHRYN MCDOW, (GOLIAD, TX.), DAUGHTER LATONYA MCDOW, AUSTIN, TX. GRANDSON HEZEKIAH MCDOW, AUSTIN, TX., SISTER GWENDOLYN KINLAW, CONVERSE, TX., BROTHER TOMMY MCDOW, (JUANITA MCDOW), HOUSTON, TX., SISTER BRENDA MCDOW, GOLIAD, TX., SISTER TERRI MCDOW, ARLINGTON, TX., SISTER SHERRI MCDOW, ARLINGTON TX. AND A HOST OF LOVING FAMILY.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN HIS CELEBRATION BY FATHER DAVID L. MCDOW, MOTHER BESSIE T. MCDOW, AND HOST OF LOVED ONES.

AT AN EARLY AGE ALVIN ACCEPTED GOD AS HIS LORD AND SAVIOR. A COMFORTING RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD SHOWED IN HIS ACTS OF SERVING AND SUPPORTING FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

WITH CHERISHED LOVE, FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS ALVIN TAYLOR MCDOW "MAC" WILL BE REMEMBERED.