Extracted from the Panola Watchman (Carthage, TX)
Sunday, March 19, 1989

Robert H. McDaniel
1907-1989

Funeral services were held for Robert H. McDaniel, of Carthage, Friday, March 17 at Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel at 1 p.m. with the Rev. A.P. Bazer, assisted by the Rev. Ed Ehring, officiating. Burial was at Centuries Memorial Cemetery in Shreveport, La.

McDaniel, 81, passed away Wednesday, March 15 at Panola General Hospital.

Born Aug. 12, 1907 in Panola County, he was the son of John Andrew and Mattie Lilly Twomey McDaniel. He was a retired bus driver with 27 years of service with the Carthage Independent School District. He was a life long resident of Panola County and a member of the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Dortha McDaniel of Carthage; one son and daughter in law: James Russell and Faye McDaniel of Indianapolis, Ind.; one daughter and son in law, Bonnie Faye and Jake Floyd of Shreveport, La.; one brother, J.W. McDaniel of Bowling Green, Ky.; three sisters, Fay Jones of Carthage, Katie Garland of DeBerry, Amy Anderson of Woods Community; and four grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers were Jimmy Jones, Don Ingram, Gene Campbell, Jonathan P. Mills, Dee Davis and Andrew McDaniel. Honorary pallbearers were Walter Wantuck, Earl Sturgeon, Euland Floyd and Giles Floyd.