Dawn Michelle Buckingham, age 62 of Eutaw, AL died September 19, 2026 in Eutaw. Services will be announced at a later date.

She was preceded in death by father, Emil Thomas McDonald; mother, Barbara Bush Oubre; stepfather, Mickey Oubre; three sisters, Missy Oubre, Beth Oubre and Maureen Oubre and her brothers, Robert McDonald and James McDonald.

Survivors include her husband, Robert Owen Buckingham; her daughters, Emily Marie Buckingham, Jessica Lynn Miller, Brandie Boyd and Constance Buckingham; two sons, Steven Dewight Boyd and Robert Buckingham, Jr.; her brothers, Robert Thomas McDonald and James Scott McDonald (Dina); twelve grandchildren, Victoria Mendel, Robert Mendel, Abigail Braud, Tye Pitre, Alec Boyd, Dakota Boyd, Angel Boyd, Bryce Serignet, Kayden Serignet, Sean Buckingham, Chris Buckingham and Mary Grace Buckingham and five great-grandchildren, Jessica Mendel, Hazel Mendel, Brayden Mendel, Bentley Mendel and Layla Mendel.

Dawn was born November 17, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan. She was a retired contractor.