Donald Ray McFarland, age 72, of Acworth, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Donald was born November 7, 1948, in Athens, Ohio.
A celebration of life for Donald is Saturday, June 19, 2021, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Winkenhofer Pine Ridge Funeral Home, 2950 North Cobb Pkwy, Kennesaw Georgia 30152.
Donald worked in Urban Development and was the Director of Planning and Development in Gwinnett County, and a founder of McFarland-Dyer and Associates. He retired in 2004. He was a car and motorcycle enthusiast, an outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, spent many years living on Lake Lanier boating, a model train collector, and animal lover, especially his dogs.
Donald's survivors are daughter April McFarland Adams (Ryan); sister Virginia Covington, brothers Jimmy McFarland, Ronald McFarland; granddaughter Naomi Adams.