Altha Davis Danley Obituaries - Bell County, TX

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Beloved Pioneer Woman of Belton Died Here Monday-
Mrs. C. W. DANLEY succumbs to Heart Attack at Her Home on Pearl Street-

Mrs. C. W. DANLEY died suddenly from a heart attack at 3:30 o'clock Monday 
morning, November 18, 1929, at her home on Pearl Street. Mrs. DANLEY had 
been in failing health for some time, but her condition had not been regarded 
as serious. On Sunday afternoon preceding her death she enjoyed an automobile 
ride to Temple with no seeming ill effects, and the news of her death came as 
a great shock. Mrs. Altha Davis DANELY was born February 16, 1852 in Arkansas, 
and later lived in Tennessee. Her father was a Baptist minister, who moved with 
his family to Bell County when Mrs. DANLEY was twelve years old and settled in 
the country about five miles form Belton. On January 1, 1871, she was married 
to C. W. DANLEY, son of Judge DANLEY, the first county judge of Bell County. 
She came as a bride to the house on Pearl Street which has been her home 
continuously for almost 59 years. As a pioneer of Belton she has lived through 
stirring days. Her home, located on Nolan Creek, must often have been in danger 
from the sudden rises in the creek. The old jail was near, and the Belton square 
not far away, and history was in the making. Mrs. DANLEY was an early member of 
the First Baptist Church of Belton and always a consistent member. During the 
World War, when the women were engaged in Red Cross work, she was one of the 
most industrious knitters, helping to knit many mufflers, socks and sweaters 
for the soldiers. She was an honorary member of the United Daughters of the 
Confederacy, who attended her funeral in a body. She was the mother of six 
children, five of whom are living and were present for the funeral service. 
They are: Horace DANLEY, Belton; Sterling DANLEY, Gage, Oklahoma; Miss Myrtle 
DANLEY, Belton; Mrs. Lizzie REEVES, Los Angeles, California; and Mrs. Nannie 
STORY, Nolanville. She is also survived by six grandchildren, and one aged 
brother, B. M. DAVIS of Madill, Oklahoma. Funeral services were held at the 
First Baptist Church this afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by Dr. A. C. GETTYS, 
of Baylor College, in the absence of her pastor, Rev. R. C. CAMPBELL. Interment 
was in North Belton cemetery where her husband is buried and where her three 
sisters, Mrs. Jack BURNETT, Mrs. WOOD, and Mrs. J. R. SMITH are buried. Out-of 
town relatives here for the funeral were Mrs. J. H. BROOKSHIRE and son, R. M. 
BROKSHIRE, of Waco; Mike DANLEY of Fort Worth; Mrs. Jim BURNETT of Kopperl. 
Active pallbearers were: Harry BLAIR, Roy POTTS, Tommie NAISMITH, Jim RAMSEY, 
Arthur COOK and Judge Owen P. CARPENTER; honorary pallbearers: J. S. BLAIR, 
W. S. HUNTER, R. M. BUTLER, Dr Taylor HUDSON, Paul WILSON, John BLOOMER, F. W. 
GUFFY, Thos. YARRELL, C. P. LITTLE, John R. FELLRATH, W. A. GILMER, Neal BASSEL, 
A. C. BUCHANAN, E. EMBREE, W. W. JAMES, H. T. COCHRAN, A. B. JACKSON, A. R. 
BUCHANAN, H. V. SOLOMON and J. G. WHITE.


November 19, 1929-Pioneer of Belton for 56 years, Dies-

Funeral Service for Mrs. A. D. DANLEY Thursday; was 77 years old-Belton, Nov. 17.-
Mrs. Altha DAVIS DANELY, age 77, pioneer citizen of Bell County, died suddenly 
Monday morning at 3:30 o'clock at her home 122 Pearl Street, where she had lived 
for the last 56 years. She was born Feb. 16, 1852 in Arkansas and moved to Bell 
County with her parents when she was twelve years old, settling on the Lampasas 
River, five miles southwest of Belton then called Nolanville. She was a charter 
member of the First Baptist Church of Belton and was an active member until her 
health failed. She married C. W. DANELY, Jan. 1, 1871. To this union six children 
were born, five of whom are surviving her. Mrs. Danley witnessed many scenes in 
the early days of Bell County. She lived next door to the old Belton jail located 
on the bank of Nolan Creek across form what is now Yettie Polk park. This old jail 
was not only the scene of many tragedies but often the place of many society 
gatherings in the early 80's and 90's when Belton and the adjacent territory was 
beginning to be more thickly settled. She is survived by two sons, Horace DANLEY 
of Belton and Sterling DANLEY of Oklahoma City, Okla; three daughters, Miss Myrtle 
DANLEY of Belton, Mrs. Joe STORY of Nolanville, and Mrs. Elizabeth REEVES of Los 
Angeles, and also six grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon.