MICKEY McDANIEL
ADA — Services for Mitchell "Mickey" McDaniel, 88, Ada, are 1:30 p.m. Saturday
at First United Methodist Church, Dr. George Warren officiating. Burial will
precede the service at Rosedale Cemetery. The family will receive friends from
5:30-7:30 p.m. today at Criswell Funeral Home.
Mr. McDaniel died Feb. 18, 2004, at Sulphur Veterans Administration Center. He
was born Oct. 19, 1915, at Durant to Mitchell H. and Emma Barnwall McDaniel. He
moved to Ada in 1929, attending Ada High School and graduating in 1933.
He attended East Central University and earned a degree in physical education.
He played four years on the ECU Tigers basketball team. Following graduation
he worked for several years for the Oklahoma State Highway Department as the
division accountant. In 1949 he joined the Bob Cason Ford Motor Company as
office manager and bookkeeper. He remained in that position until he retired in
1987 from the Bowie Ballard Ford Motor Company.
Mr. McDaniel was a member of Oak Hills Golf and Country Club for more than 50
years, a member of the Full Moon Dinner Club and former member of the Ada Elks
Lodge 1640.
He served in World War II with the U.S. Army 5th Air Force as a radio operator
and aerial gunner on a B-25. He was stationed in the South Pacific from
1942-1945, completing more than 51 missions.
He was an active member of First United Methodist Church, which he had attended
for more than 60 years. He was a former member of the official church board and
was a charter member of the Mr. and Mrs. Sunday School class.
He and Sara Keltner were married Oct. 6, 1946, at Ada.
Survivors include his wife, Sara McDaniel, of the home; a son, Mitchell "Mike"
McDaniel, Calimesa, Calif.; a daughter, Kathy McDaniel, Bradenton, Fla.; a
nephew, James Keltner Grigsby, New Iberia, La.; and two granddaughters,
Danielle McDaniel and Jessica McDaniel, both of Calimesa.
Bearers are Randy Taylor, Jimmie Thomas, Don Williams, Willard Rhynes and Bruce
Omohundro.
Honorary bearers are Frank Dicus, Ted Savage, Howard Ryles, Hicks Smith, Dr.
Jim Hohl, Jim Armstrong, Bob Reese, Dr. James Thomas and Delton Marcum.
The family says those who wish may make memorials to First United Methodist
Church, P. O. Box 566, Ada, OK 74820.
Criswell Funeral Home
ADA — Services for Mitchell "Mickey" McDaniel, 88, Ada, are 1:30 p.m. Saturday
at First United Methodist Church, Dr. George Warren officiating. Burial will
precede the service at Rosedale Cemetery. The family will receive friends from
5:30-7:30 p.m. today at Criswell Funeral Home.
Mr. McDaniel died Feb. 18, 2004, at Sulphur Veterans Administration Center. He
was born Oct. 19, 1915, at Durant to Mitchell H. and Emma Barnwall McDaniel. He
moved to Ada in 1929, attending Ada High School and graduating in 1933.
He attended East Central University and earned a degree in physical education.
He played four years on the ECU Tigers basketball team. Following graduation
he worked for several years for the Oklahoma State Highway Department as the
division accountant. In 1949 he joined the Bob Cason Ford Motor Company as
office manager and bookkeeper. He remained in that position until he retired in
1987 from the Bowie Ballard Ford Motor Company.
Mr. McDaniel was a member of Oak Hills Golf and Country Club for more than 50
years, a member of the Full Moon Dinner Club and former member of the Ada Elks
Lodge 1640.
He served in World War II with the U.S. Army 5th Air Force as a radio operator
and aerial gunner on a B-25. He was stationed in the South Pacific from
1942-1945, completing more than 51 missions.
He was an active member of First United Methodist Church, which he had attended
for more than 60 years. He was a former member of the official church board and
was a charter member of the Mr. and Mrs. Sunday School class.
He and Sara Keltner were married Oct. 6, 1946, at Ada.
Survivors include his wife, Sara McDaniel, of the home; a son, Mitchell "Mike"
McDaniel, Calimesa, Calif.; a daughter, Kathy McDaniel, Bradenton, Fla.; a
nephew, James Keltner Grigsby, New Iberia, La.; and two granddaughters,
Danielle McDaniel and Jessica McDaniel, both of Calimesa.
Bearers are Randy Taylor, Jimmie Thomas, Don Williams, Willard Rhynes and Bruce
Omohundro.
Honorary bearers are Frank Dicus, Ted Savage, Howard Ryles, Hicks Smith, Dr.
Jim Hohl, Jim Armstrong, Bob Reese, Dr. James Thomas and Delton Marcum.
The family says those who wish may make memorials to First United Methodist
Church, P. O. Box 566, Ada, OK 74820.
Criswell Funeral Home
MICKEY McDANIEL
ADA — Services for Mitchell "Mickey" McDaniel, 88, Ada, are 1:30 p.m. Saturday
at First United Methodist Church, Dr. George Warren officiating. Burial will
precede the service at Rosedale Cemetery. The family will receive friends from
5:30-7:30 p.m. today at Criswell Funeral Home.
Mr. McDaniel died Feb. 18, 2004, at Sulphur Veterans Administration Center. He
was born Oct. 19, 1915, at Durant to Mitchell H. and Emma Barnwall McDaniel. He
moved to Ada in 1929, attending Ada High School and graduating in 1933.
He attended East Central University and earned a degree in physical education.
He played four years on the ECU Tigers basketball team. Following graduation
he worked for several years for the Oklahoma State Highway Department as the
division accountant. In 1949 he joined the Bob Cason Ford Motor Company as
office manager and bookkeeper. He remained in that position until he retired in
1987 from the Bowie Ballard Ford Motor Company.
Mr. McDaniel was a member of Oak Hills Golf and Country Club for more than 50
years, a member of the Full Moon Dinner Club and former member of the Ada Elks
Lodge 1640.
He served in World War II with the U.S. Army 5th Air Force as a radio operator
and aerial gunner on a B-25. He was stationed in the South Pacific from
1942-1945, completing more than 51 missions.
He was an active member of First United Methodist Church, which he had attended
for more than 60 years. He was a former member of the official church board and
was a charter member of the Mr. and Mrs. Sunday School class.
He and Sara Keltner were married Oct. 6, 1946, at Ada.
Survivors include his wife, Sara McDaniel, of the home; a son, Mitchell "Mike"
McDaniel, Calimesa, Calif.; a daughter, Kathy McDaniel, Bradenton, Fla.; a
nephew, James Keltner Grigsby, New Iberia, La.; and two granddaughters,
Danielle McDaniel and Jessica McDaniel, both of Calimesa.
Bearers are Randy Taylor, Jimmie Thomas, Don Williams, Willard Rhynes and Bruce
Omohundro.
Honorary bearers are Frank Dicus, Ted Savage, Howard Ryles, Hicks Smith, Dr.
Jim Hohl, Jim Armstrong, Bob Reese, Dr. James Thomas and Delton Marcum.
The family says those who wish may make memorials to First United Methodist
Church, P. O. Box 566, Ada, OK 74820.
Criswell Funeral Home
ADA — Services for Mitchell "Mickey" McDaniel, 88, Ada, are 1:30 p.m. Saturday
at First United Methodist Church, Dr. George Warren officiating. Burial will
precede the service at Rosedale Cemetery. The family will receive friends from
5:30-7:30 p.m. today at Criswell Funeral Home.
Mr. McDaniel died Feb. 18, 2004, at Sulphur Veterans Administration Center. He
was born Oct. 19, 1915, at Durant to Mitchell H. and Emma Barnwall McDaniel. He
moved to Ada in 1929, attending Ada High School and graduating in 1933.
He attended East Central University and earned a degree in physical education.
He played four years on the ECU Tigers basketball team. Following graduation
he worked for several years for the Oklahoma State Highway Department as the
division accountant. In 1949 he joined the Bob Cason Ford Motor Company as
office manager and bookkeeper. He remained in that position until he retired in
1987 from the Bowie Ballard Ford Motor Company.
Mr. McDaniel was a member of Oak Hills Golf and Country Club for more than 50
years, a member of the Full Moon Dinner Club and former member of the Ada Elks
Lodge 1640.
He served in World War II with the U.S. Army 5th Air Force as a radio operator
and aerial gunner on a B-25. He was stationed in the South Pacific from
1942-1945, completing more than 51 missions.
He was an active member of First United Methodist Church, which he had attended
for more than 60 years. He was a former member of the official church board and
was a charter member of the Mr. and Mrs. Sunday School class.
He and Sara Keltner were married Oct. 6, 1946, at Ada.
Survivors include his wife, Sara McDaniel, of the home; a son, Mitchell "Mike"
McDaniel, Calimesa, Calif.; a daughter, Kathy McDaniel, Bradenton, Fla.; a
nephew, James Keltner Grigsby, New Iberia, La.; and two granddaughters,
Danielle McDaniel and Jessica McDaniel, both of Calimesa.
Bearers are Randy Taylor, Jimmie Thomas, Don Williams, Willard Rhynes and Bruce
Omohundro.
Honorary bearers are Frank Dicus, Ted Savage, Howard Ryles, Hicks Smith, Dr.
Jim Hohl, Jim Armstrong, Bob Reese, Dr. James Thomas and Delton Marcum.
The family says those who wish may make memorials to First United Methodist
Church, P. O. Box 566, Ada, OK 74820.
Criswell Funeral Home
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