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Conway...The Reverend Joseph Charles Daniels, Sr. 88, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 24, 2014. Rev. Daniels was born on Howard Street in Greensboro, North Carolina, on August 28, 1926, to the late William C. and Ethel S. Daniels. He was raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, and graduated from Thomasboro High School in 1943. He attended Mars Hill College for one year and then joined the United States Navy. Rev. Daniels served as a bugler and sonar man on the destroyer escort DE-221. He was specially selected for this station because of his keen sense of pitch. At the end of WWII, Rev. Daniels returned to Mars Hill to complete his Associate's Degree in Engineering. There in the Mars Hill College Marching Band he met his future wife, Della Rae Woodle Daniels, from Conway, South Carolina. Rev. and Mrs. Daniels were married for 62 years before her death in 2009. Rev. Daniels was employed first as a nurseryman, and then with the city of Charlotte for several years before taking a position with J. A. Jones Construction Company. Rev. Daniels was sent to Greenland to build an air strip, and while there, he served as Sunday School teacher and decided to enter the ministry. He attended Pfeiffer College in Misenheimer, North Carolina, completing his B.A. degree in English and graduating first in his class. He then entered Duke University in Durham, North Carolina and received his Master's Degree in Divinity in 1963. While a student at Duke, he served the First United Methodist Church in Landis, NC, and then a three church charge in the Alamance County area, Bethel, Camp Springs, and Mt. Vernon. After graduating from Duke, Rev. Daniels served the following United Methodist churches in the Western North Carolina Conference: Roberta-Harrisburg, Calvary-Asheboro, Montlieu Avenue-High Point, Central Shelby, Faith-Gastonia, St. Timothy-Brevard, and Westview-Hickory. He retired in 1990 from active ministry. He and Mrs. Daniels moved to Conway, South Carolina, and served as Volunteers in Mission to Medan, Indonesia, making their last trip in February, 2009. While serving in Indonesia, Rev. and Mrs. Daniels established twelve new churches on the island of Nias, Indonesia. Rev. Daniels is survived by his three children, Della Daniels Raines and husband Larry of Surfside Beach, SC, Joseph C. Daniels, Jr., and wife Monica of Athens, GA, and Janet Daniels Lawrence and husband Tim of Conway, SC; six grandchildren, Gregory Raines and wife, Jennifer, and their children Austin, Aiden, and Adam, Christopher Raines and wife, Jessica, and their daughter Charlotte, John Case and wife, Ashlee, and their son Elias, Jane Brooks and husband, Greg, Christian Daniels and her daughter, Adrianna, and Leanne Daniels; close personal friends Kim Wright, Mead Altman, and Teresa Stockton, and many members of his extended family. A celebration of Rev. Daniels' life will be held at First United Methodist Church, Conway, at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 26, 2014. The family will receive friends following the celebration of Rev. Daniels' life in the church fellowship hall. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Music Fund, First United Methodist Church, 1001 Fifth Avenue, Conway, South Carolina, 29526. Sign a guestbook at www.goldfinchfuneralhome.com Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel is serving the family.

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Reverend Joseph Charles Daniels, Sr.

August 28, 1926 - November 24, 2014