Dale McDaniel Posted: Friday, July 30, 2010 11:31 am Completed arrangements are being announced for Dale McDaniel, 82, of Union City, who died July 27, 2010, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Services will be 3 p.m. Thursday at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with burial to follow at Antioch Union Church Cemetery in the Crystal community. The Rev. Walt Asher will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home from 1 p.m. until the hour of services Thursday. Pallbearers will be Dale J. McDaniel, Mark McDaniel, Aaron Anderson, Matt Hathcote, David Williams, Roger Williams and Brad Gore. Honorary pallbearers will be Bret Williams, Brett Gore, Mark Anderson and members of Antioch Union Church’s Roger Coleman Sunday School Class. McDaniel was a teacher for the class. The family requests memorials be made to Antioch Union Church, 486 West Newman Glover Road, Union City,TN 38261; or the American Cancer Society. He was born Jan. 26, 1928, son of the late Gilbert and Mary McDaniel, in the Crystal community. He married the former Flossie Napier; she survives. After serving in the U.S. Air Force from 1951-55, he lived in Memphis and was employed with the Civil Service and Federal Aviation administrations until 1983. While in Memphis, he served as a deacon at Kensington Baptist Church. Upon retirement, he moved to Searcy, Ark., where he served as a deacon and Sunday School teacher at First Baptist Church. He returned to Union City in 1999 and was a member of Antioch Union Church. He is also survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Phillip and Melissa McDaniel of Roland, Ark.; his daughter and son-in-law, Marsha and David Anderson of Tulsa, Okla.; six grandchildren and their spouses, Dale and Tonya McDaniel of Maumelle, Ark., Mark and Megan McDaniel of Bartlett, Julie and Matt Hathcote of Benton, Ark., Amanda Anderson and Aaron Anderson, both of Tulsa, Okla., and Ashley Anderson of Los Angeles; three great-grandchildren, Dale McDaniel, Demi McDaniel and Brinkley Hathcote; and three siblings and the spouse of one, Hazel Williams and Carolyn Gore, both of Union City, and Ralph and Brenda McDaniel of Johnson City. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Charles McDaniel. Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com. Published in The Messenger 7.28.10 |