Mr. Davis Lee McDaniel, age 69, of Summerville, GA died Thursday, May 5, 2016, at Floyd Medical Center.

Mr. McDaniel was born October 21, 1946 in Trion, GA, the son of the late Earl James McDaniel and Winnie Lee Crouch McDaniel.  He was retired from Mt. Vernon Mills and was a member of Pennville Missionary Alliance Church.  He loved working with children at church, reading Louis L’Amour books, old westerns, and fishing.  He was someone that loved people and had such a loving and giving spirit.  He enjoyed giving donuts, candy, and other gifts to those he worked with and to those that cared for him.  He loved Halloween and Christmas because he could buy gifts and candy for all the children that filled his life with so much joy.  He will be missed by all that knew him and loved him for his wonderful laugh and for a heart that was big enough to love everyone.  Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Bobby McDaniel; a brother-in-law, David Elliott; grandparents, Norman and Nora Crouch, Annie and Bob McDaniel; sister-in-law, Mary McDaniel; and beloved daughter, Regina Eubanks.

Mr. McDaniel is survived by his step-mother, Nancy McDaniel; sisters and brother-in-law, Earlene Elliott, and Sue and Phillip Murphy; brothers and sister-in-law, Tim and Karen McDaniel, and Tony McDaniel; sister-in-law, Sheryl McDaniel; his special children, Donnie and Betty Cordle, Ronnie and Kathy Cordle, Matt Eubanks, Tammy Huffman and Brenda Wofford Martin; grandchildren, Donnie Ray (Kellie) Cordle, Jennifer (James) Rutledge, and Amanda (Chris) Key, Leigha Cannon, Megan Vannatter, and Emily Parker; 14 Great Grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and many more children that he love and considered his own.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p. m. on Monday, May 9, 2016 at the Pennville Missionary Alliance Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery.  Rev. Carlos Martinez and Rev. Charles Izell will officiate.  Pallbearers will be Nephews.

Mr. McDaniel will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Sunday, May 8, 2016.  He will also lie in state at the church  from 2:00 until 3:00 p. m. on Monday.

The family would like to thank Golden Living for their wonderful care and kindness, to the ICU nurses at Floyd Hospital, to Heyman Hospice, and to all that did such a great job of caring for him.

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