Raymond Daniel
Veteran Buried Today
Last Rites were held today for Raymond Daniel, 22, veteran of World War II, who died Sunday,February 24,1946, in the Veteran's Hospital at Huntington, W. Va., from a complication of diseases. He was taken to Huntington last Thursday by Dr. W. E. Akin. Numerous specialists were called on the case but all efforts to no avail.
He was a son of Jasper Grover and the late Margaret Daniel of Nippa. Daniel was discharged on January 13 and had served one year and five months in the CBI and China offensive as an airplane engine mechanic in the Air Corps. At the time of his discharge, he held the rank of Sergeant. He entered service on August 11,1943, and had been awarded three campaign stars.
Surviving are his wife, Leatrice Slone Daniel, his father and one brother, Rubbie Daniel of Detroit. Funeral services were held at the Mouth of Rush Baptist Church on Wednesday at eleven o'clock by Rev. Claude Preston, and Rev. Don Fraley. Special music was rendered by the Thealka Choir.
Active pallbearers were Willard Brown, Thomas Castle, Quentin Castle, Pasco Castle, Junior Music, and William Tackett. Daniel was a member of the local American Legion Post, and an unusually large crowd of relatives and friends attended the funeral services. Burial will be made today in the family cemetery at Nippa under the direction of Jones- Preston Funeral Home.
ŠPaintsville Herald
2-28-1946