Zack Nelson McDonald

New Iberia - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, October 29, 2018, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in New Iberia for Zack Nelson McDonald, 22, who passed away on Tuesday, October 23, 2018, in Foley, Alabama. Entombment will follow in the Our Lady of Prompt Succor Cemetery in Coteau. Rev. Brian Harrington will be the Celebrant. A gathering of family and friends will be Sunday from 2:00 pm until 9:00 pm at Pellerin Funeral Home in New Iberia. A rosary, led by the Men’s Rosary Group, will be prayed at 6:30 pm Sunday. Visitation will continue on Monday from 8:00 am until 1:15 pm. Zack, the youngest child of Kermit McDonald Jr. and Elaine McDonald was born on November 2, 1995 in Lafayette, La. By default, he also gained an additional set of parents via his siblings; who loved and protected him like he was their own. He attended Comeaux High School and graduated in 2014. His vivacious personality and zest for life was contagious and magnetic. He never met a stranger. You could not be anything but happy in his presence, which lit up even the darkest of rooms. Building off of a passion that developed at a young age; he went on to build his empire and live his dream through Coastal Standard, his yacht management and ceramic coating company. Zack was also the owner of Apex Detailing, an auto, aviation, and marine detailing service. He was an avid sportsman who enjoyed fishing the gulf regularly, duck hunting with his dad and deer hunting with his brother. Zack never turned down an opportunity to visit and love on his family back home, and he never left without a back rub from his momma and advice from his sister. He was a riot with his nephew and Goddaughter. Survivors include his father, Kermit McDonald, Jr. of New Iberia; mother, Elaine D. McDonald and companion Keith Langlinais of New Iberia; grandmother, Ruby Duhon McDonald of New Iberia; brother, best friend,mentor, Kermit "KT" McDonald, III of New Iberia; sister, Megan McDonald of New Iberia; nephew, Noah Jenkins; niece and Godchild, Bailey Jenkins; special aunt and uncle, Tina McDonald Broussard and George Broussard. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Kermit W. McDonald, Sr., Nelson Dore, and Medora Vincent Dore. Pallbearers will be Kolby Thornton, Trey Dobson, Hunter Green, Domanick Howard, Travis Louviere, and Kermit "KT" McDonald III. Honorary pallbearers include Mike Broussard, and Ryan Reaux. The family would like to express their deepest gratitude for the compassion, patience and love shown to them by Keith Langlinais, Tina and George Broussard, Mike McDonald, Travis Louviere and Kolby and Taylor Thornton. Your support held us in the most trying days of our lives and we will forever be grateful. Pellerin Funeral Home of New Iberia, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd., New Iberia, LA 70560, (337-365-3331) is in charge of arrangements.