Ether Murl "Merrill" McDaniel

Notes:

MERRILL PERRY 06 Feb 1934 01 Dec 2005 (V) 75011 (Carrollton, Dallas, TX ) 75007 (Carrollton, Denton, TX ) 455-52-0687 Texas

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Clement Carlin "Mac" McDaniel Sr.

Funeral Services for Clement Carlin "Mac" McDaniel Sr., will be held at the First Baptist Church in Hemphill, Texas, Saturday, September 15, 2012, the Reverend Aaron Pardue officiating. Burial will follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas, under the direction of Starr Funeral Home.

Mr. McDaniel died September 12, 2012 at the age of 98.

Clement McDaniel, known to many as "Mac", was born in Bayou, Texas on November 3, 1913, the son of Nolan Earnest McDaniel and wife Ella Walker McDaniel. In 1933, he married Ardell Brittain, the daughter of Docia Latham Brittain Easley and Penn Brittain. They were married 73 years and had a strong, lifelong love affair, from which came five children. His beloved wife preceded him, as did two daughters, Ether Murl (Merrill) Perry and Joyce McDaniel. Surviving children and spouses are: Barbara and Wilbur Smith of Gainesville, Texas, Carlin and Mary Ann McDaniel of Hemphill, Texas, and Glen and Dee McDaniel of Lufkin, Texas. He is also survived by grandchildren Kristie Vick, John McDaniel, Casey Weghorst, Brett McDaniel, and Kyle McDaniel; and four great-grandchildren, Colter and Sarah Vick and Tatum and Hank Weghorst.

Mr. "Mac" was proud of his family, which he considered the most important thing in his life. His Christian faith and affiliation with the Baptist Church since 1946 were also important to him, guiding him through many trials and tribulations in life.
When he was 15, "Mac" left his cocoon in East Texas and joined the Citizens' Military Training Camp, where he served for four summers, earning an officer's commission in the United States Army. He went on to become what would now be called a disc jockey at Radio Station KRIC in Beaumont. In 1941, he began his career as an air traffic controller. He was very proud of his work and remembered well the many times he helped the famous and not so famous, one of the famous being then Vice-President Lyndon Johnson, as he would fly into and out of the Austin airport.

Mr. McDaniel was an avid and expert gardener, and many people were the recipients of his garden produce. He loved people, and spent a lifetime giving to others. He will be sorely missed by many.

Memorial contributions may be made to Oak Hill Cemetery Association, c/o Weldon McDaniel, P.O. Box 174, Hemphill, TX 75948.

From
www.sabinecountyreporterlive.com
Posted Thursday, Sep 13, 2012
Print edition published
September 19, 2012, page 9

Clement married Ardell Brittain about 1933. Ardell was born on 1 Feb 1915 in Shelby County, Texas; died on 2 May 2006 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sabine County Reporter
May 10, 2006

and

San Augustine Tribune
May 11, 2006

Ardell Brittain McDaniel

Funeral services for Ardell Brittain McDaniel, 91, beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother, were held at the First Baptist Church in Hemphill at 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 5, 2006. Rev. Jim Turner and Pastor Sherry Crenshaw officiated. Burial followed in the Oakhill Cemetery in Sabine County, under the direction of Starr Funeral Home. Mrs. McDaniel died May 2, 2006.

Ardell McDaniel was born in Shelby County on February 1, 1915, the daughter of Docia LATHAM Brittain Easley and Penn BRITTAIN. In 1933 she married Clement Carlin McDaniel, who survives her. He is the son of Nolan Ernest McDaniel and wife, Ella Walker McDaniel. Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel had a strong, lifelong love affair, from which came five children. Daughters, Merrill McDaniel PERRY and Joyce McDaniel, who predeceased Mrs. McDaniel. Surviving children and spouses are: Barbara and Wilbur SMITH of Gainesville, Carlin and Mary Ann McDaniel of Hemphill and Glen and Dee McDaniel of Lufkin. Also surviving are grandchildren, Kristie McDaniel VICK, John McDaniel, Casey McDaniel WEGHORST, Brett McDaniel and Kyle McDaniel, as well as two great grandchildren, Colter and Sarah VICK. Mrs. McDaniel was very proud of her family, which she considered the most important thing in her life. She was an outstanding homemaker, cook and seamstress, and was always there when her family needed her. She will be sorely missed by her family and friends and will always be remembered as a model for mothers everywhere. Pallbearers were John McDaniel, Brett McDaniel, Kyle McDaniel, Weldon McDaniel, James McDaniel, Mike McDaniel and Justin CARMICHAEL. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Oakhill Cemetery Association, c/o Weldon McDaniel, P.O. Box 174, Hemphill, TX 75948. Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill was in charge of arrangements.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)

Notes:

Name Nolan Earnest Mcdaniel
Event Type Death
Event Date 02 Nov 1963
Event Place Lufkin, Angelina, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status Widowed
Birth Date 19 Dec 1887
Birthplace , Texas
Occupation Retired Farmer
Veteran NO
Father's Name W W Mcdaniel
Mother's Name Joe Ann Smith
Informant J W McDaniel
Certificate Number 67330
GS Film number 2117352
Digital Folder Number 005164767
Image Number 02919



Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3XF-FPG : accessed 13 Apr 2014), Nolan Earnest Mcdaniel, 02 Nov 1963; citing certificate number 67330, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2117352.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated April 8, 1930
ED 202-10 SD 19 Sheet 1A Stamped 111
1-1
McDaniel, Ruben S and Winnie family
2-2
McDaniel, Nolan E Head M W 42 M 22 Tx SC LA Farmer
McDaniel, Ella Wf F W 41 M 21 Tx Ala La
McDaniel, James W Son m W 17 S Tx Tx Tx
McDaniel, Clement C Son M W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
McDaniel, Nolan E Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
McDaniel, Zudalee Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
McDaniel, Evlyn Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx

Nolan married Ella Walker on 6 Aug 1910 in Sabine County, Texas. Ella (daughter of John Bailey Walker and Eunice "Una" Carter White) was born on 24 Feb 1889 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 Apr 1955 in Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sometimes shown as Lee Ella Walker. Shown as May Ella Walker McDaniel on the Texas Birth certificate of son Clement. Most often shown simply as "Ella."

Name Ella Walker Mcdaniel
Event Type Death
Event Date 20 Apr 1955
Event Place Yellowpine, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 24 Feb 1889
Birthplace , Texas
Father's Name John Walker
Mother's Name Eunice White
Informant Mrs Zuda Tinsley
Certificate Number 19994
GS Film number 2114388
Digital Folder Number 005145312
Image Number 03449



Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K378-JH9 : accessed 13 Apr 2014), Ella Walker Mcdaniel, 20 Apr 1955; citing certificate number 19994, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2114388.

Notes:

Married:
The Sabine County Reporter 14 August 2002

THE McDANIEL FIVE (Photo submitted)

How unique is it to see siblings, five of them, all in their 80s and all still living and doing well except for the things that getting older brings to all of us? I would say it is very seldom heard of and when we do hear and see it, we need to pause and celebrate! Above are all five children of Nolan Ernest, sr. (Mac) and Ella Lee McDaniel. Seated, from left: Wendell, 89, (who will be 90 Sept. 20) of Yellowpine, Clement, 88 of Hemphill and Ernest, 85, of Yellowpine; standing: Evelyn (Easley), 80, of San Juan Capistrano, CA, and Zuda (Tinsley), 82, or Hemphill. They were all born in Sabine County and raised in the old community of Mason Town, now known as Six Mile. They were raised when times were hard ans each had to pull their own weight, when walking was something they had to do to get where they wanted to go and not for exercise. Going barefooted was something they did, not for fun, but out of necessity. Getting to school was a chore. During grade school years they walked three miles to attend school in Six Mile and as high school years approached, some stayed with friends in Hemphill and Yellowpine so they could attend school. Even with all the marks set against them, the five grew up to be fine upstanding citizens of the communities they chose as grown men and women to start and raise their families. So much could be said about each of these five people (I am the niece of Wendell, but claim them all as my aunts and uncles) and wish for each, all the blessings that only God can bestow on them in the years he chooses to give them.

Notes:

Middle name shown by family descendants as Walton, his mothers maiden name.

Kay Parker McCary instead lists him as William Watson McDaniel, Jr., a namesake son of his father. She also indicates that he has a military marker at his gravesite, which reads" Co F 11 Texas Inf CSA"

Laura Buckmaster and Barbara Yancey Dore also show his middle name as Watson.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, SubDiv 84
Enumerated 9 and 10 July 1880
Page 28D SD 1 ED 84
254-264
McDaniel, W W W M 33 Farmer SC SC SC
McDaniel, Ann Joe W F 25 Wife La Miss Miss
McDaniel, Luthenia W F 8 Dtr Tx SC La
McDaniel, Ella W F 6 Dtr Tx SC La
McDaniel, Wm W M 3 SOn Tx SC La
McDaniel, Eva W F 6/12 Dec Dtr Tx Sc La

William married Zeroine Joan "Jo Ann" Smith on 14 Jan 1869 in Newton County, Texas. Zeroine (daughter of Irving Smith and Luthenia Garlington) was born on 8 May 1852 in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died on 29 Dec 1937 in Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 2
Enumerated 9 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 69 Sheet 5B
89-89
Mrs. McDaniel W Head W F May 1852 48 W 10/8 La Miss Miss Farmer
McDaniel, Maud Dtr W F May 1882 18 S Tx SC La Farm Laborer
McDaniel, Sim R Son W M Feb 1886 14 S Tx Sc La Farm Laborer
McDaniel, Earnest N Son M W Dec 1887 12 S Tx Sc La Farm Laborer
McDaniel, Alma T Dtr W F Feb 1890 10 S Tx Sc La Farm Laborer
Smith, Reubin Nephew W M Nov 1876 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 2
Enumerated 15 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 132 Sheet 1A
4-4
McDaniel, Joann Z Mrs. Head F W 55 Wd 10/7 Tx SC Miss Own Income
McDaniel, Nolan E Son m W 22 S Tx Sc Tx Farmer

Notes:

Married:
Robert Cecil McDaniel wrote, in his autobiography, that after "his grandparents married, they moved to the Bayou Community, located about four miles north of Fairdale. They lived there until Grandpa's death on December 10, 1899, at the age of fifty-five."

John married Eunice "Una" Carter White on 6 Mar 1883 in Sabine County, Texas. Eunice (daughter of Henry Strickland White, Sr and Ann Vardeman) was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Texas; died on 16 Jul 1925. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On the 1920 Sabine County census, she was living in the household of her son, John B. Walker in Precinct #1 of Sabine County, household #579/601. She was listed as a 67 year old widow.

Notes:

Married:
John Walker, a 42 year old Widower, lived next door to 28 year old Eunice White, who was living at home with her parents, at the time of the 1880 census.

Charles White also lists them as being the parents of a Emma Walker, dob unknown, who married Bence Ener. He cites Mrs. A.V. White, THEY CAME TO TEXAS. However, I was unable to locate Emma on the 1900 census with her parents. She would have had to have been under age 17 at the time (The Walker's were married in 1883) or already married. However, Bency Ener was still living at home in 1900, an 11 year old son of Mart and Harriett Ener in Precinct #7, #122/122. Additionally, in Sabine County Marriage Records 1900-1910 by Toole, it is shown that EVA Walker married Bencie Ener on 6 March 1910.