Mr. Ronald Gordon Mcmahan

Ronald Gordon McMahan, 84, formerly of Yatesville, GA, passed away peacefully at home in Pollock Pines, CA on Saturday, May 13th, 2017 surrounded by his wife Eileen and loved ones. Born September 7th, 1932, in Bedford, IN, he was the son of the late Charles E. and Eva May Patton McMahan. Ron married Birdie Mae Pumphrey of Kings Mountain KY and they raised three children together. Ron and Birdie attended the Yatesville Baptist Church in their later years. Ron retired after 30 years from General Motors as a foundry worker in Tilton, IL and was a devoted St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan and Hoosier Indiana basketball fan his entire life. He was also a self-taught guitar player who learned to play the country songs he loved by ear. He is survived by his wife, Eileen McMahan and his children Ronald (Samme) McMahan, Rhonda (Raymond) Francisco and Richard (Stacey) McMahan, and grandchildren, Austin, Monica, Forrest, Ian, Nolan and Ulysses and great-grandchildren, Malik, Jack and Izakiah-Brandon. He is also survived by four of his sisters, Patricia Henderson, Mary Hall, Jolene Fruits and Judy Barnes. He is preceded in death by his late wife and the mother of his children, Birdie Mae Pumphrey McMahan of Yatesville, GA, his brother, Charles McMahan, and sister, Barbara Krodel. A graveside memorial service will be held at New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Yatesville, officiated by Rev. Terry Threadgill on Sunday, June 25th, 2017 at 2 pm.