Obit for Charles A. "Charlie" McDaniel Jr. (m235) - Woods County OK

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Charles A. "Charlie" McDaniel Jr.

Charles A. "Charlie" McDaniel Jr., 75, of Amarillo died Sunday, Sept. 14, 
2003.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Paramount Baptist Church with Dr. 
Gil Lain, pastor, officiating. Arrangements are by Cox Funeral Home, 4180 
Canyon Drive.

Mr. McDaniel was born near Waynoka, Okla., and graduated from Waynoka High 
School in 1945. He attended Oklahoma A&M University. He lived in Canadian 
for seven years, moving to Amarillo in 1954. He married Patricia Morris in 
1949. Mr. McDaniel worked as a locomotive fireman/engineer for Santa Fe 
Railway Co. for almost 46 years, retiring in 1993. 

Concurrent with full-time service with Santa Fe, McDaniel also served as 
treasurer-manager of Santa Fe Operating Employees Federal Credit Union 
from 1956 to 1976. McDaniel also served as president and local chairman 
for Division 299, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and was elected 
general chairman of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers on Santa Fe, 
serving in that capacity until retirement in 1993.

Mr. McDaniel married Pat Wallace in 1994, in Amarillo. He was a charter 
member of Paramount Baptist Church. He was also a member of the Masonic 
bodies Amarillo Lodge No. 731 A.F.&A.M., Council No. 134 R&S.M. Chapter 
No. 196, R.A.M., Commandery No. 48, and Knights Templar, all of Amarillo, 
and a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason in Guthrie, Okla. Mr. McDaniel was 
an avid coin collector and belonged to Amarillo Numismatic Association, 
American Contract Bridge League and Amarillo Senior Citizens Association.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Patricia Morris McDaniel, and 
a son, Sidney McDaniel.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Steve McDaniel of Amarillo and James 
Wallace of Tulsa, Okla.; three daughters, Marilyn McDaniel Johnson, Pati 
Wallace Diggs and Chris Wallace Weems, all of Amarillo; two sisters, Jean 
Stanka of Houston and Nelle Briggs of Stillwater, Okla.; 15 grandchildren; 
and seven great-grandchildren.

Amarillo Globe-News, Sept. 16, 2003
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