Taylor County, TX - Obituaries - G.W. McDaniel *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: T.B. Willis Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** SERVICE FOR G. W. McDANIEL IS SET FOR THIS AFTERNOON Pioneer Citizen Succumbs Wednesday of Cerebral Hemorrhage; Wife and Five Children Survive Funeral service for George W. McDaniel, Sr., resident of Abilene for 42 years, will be conducted at 3:30 this afternoon by Dr. T. S. Knox, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, from the family home which Mr. McDaniel cherished deeply, having lived on the same site from the day of his marriage in 1891. Mr. McDaniel, 73, died at his home at 5:15 Wednesday morning. He had been critically ill since May 13 when he collapsed in his garden from cerebral hemorrhage, which produced partial paralysis. Physicians held little hope for his recovery from the time he was stricken. Mr. McDaniel had been in declining health for 15 years. Music for the service will consist of quartet selections by Benton Collins, Irene Stevenson and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Grimes, and a vocal solo by Mrs. Mack Alexander. Pallbearers will be Bernard Hanks, W. A. Minter, Ellis Douthit, Roy Duke, A. J. Leighty, John Sayles, J. M. Radford and John Q. McAdams, Winters. Mr. McDaniel was born Dec. 13, 1857, at Tuskegee, Ala., the family emigrating to Grimes county, Tex. in 1869, then settling in Hill county. He came to Abilene October 1, 1888, seven and one-half years after the founding of the city, to take employment with Ed S. Hughes, pioneer hardware merchant. After a short time he went in business for himself, and remained a hardware merchant until 15 years ago, when precarious health forced his retirement from active business. He devoted the balance of his life to his farm and his home. Mr. McDaniel had been a member of the First Presbyterian church here for many years. On April 22, 1891, Mr. McDaniel married Miss Lavinia Parker, the daughter of a pioneer couple, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Parker, and they immediately moved into the house which he had built and furnished at Eighth and Butternut. The grove of lofty pecan trees now shading the home were grown from seeds planted by Mr. McDaniel. Survivors Those surviving are his wife, one daughter, four sons, four grandchildren, two brothers, one sister, and two half-sisters. The sons are Yancey C. McDaniel of Dallas; Geo. W. Jr., and Robert H. McDaniel, Abilene; and Allen Julian McDaniel, Winters. The daughter is Mrs. Rufus C. Ward, Eastland. Grandchildren are Allen Julian McDaniel, Jr., and Yancey Halton McDaniel, Winters; Lavinia Carol Ward and George McDaniel Ward, Eastland. Brothers are J. Y. McDaniel, Hillsboro, and Charles H. McDaniel, Big Spring; and the sister, Mrs. Charles L. Harris, Dallas. Half-sisters are Mrs. Nancy McAlpine, San Marcos, and Mrs. Sallie Erwin, Shreveport, La. All of the children had been with Mr. McDaniel since he became critically ill. Mrs. Harris, accompanied by a daughter, Mrs. Forrest White. Mr. White and their son, arrived here from Dallas yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. McDaniel will arrive here this morning from Big Spring.