Daniel L. Dean

Daniel "Danny" Lowe Dean, 60, of Max Meadows died Thursday, July 9, 2009. Funeral service was held Monday, July 13, at 11 a.m. at the Barnett Funeral Chapel with Brother Garnett Byrd officiating. Interment was in the Dean Family Cemetery. He was born Feb. 8, 1949, in Princeton, W.Va. He established the Pioneer Ruritan Club and was serving as treasurer. He was the current New River District Governor of the Ruritan National. He was chaplain of the Sons of the Confederacy and a member for several years. He was a member of DeSoto Masonic Lodge 299, 32nd Degree, Memphis, Tenn., and a Master Mason since March 8, 1974. He was a member of the Scottish Rites since March 1976 and a member of Teamster Union Local 667, Memphis, Tenn. He was an active member of the Gunton Park Church of God of Prophecy. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Hughes Dean. Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Sandra L. Dean of the home; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Robert and Angelina Dean of Paducah, Ky., and James Dean of Max Meadows; a daughter and son-in-law, Bonnie Dean Coffey and husband, Boyd, of Max Meadows; eight grandchildren, Daniel Dean, Ashlee Dean, Rebecca Dean, Courtney Dean, Chelsea Dean, Joseph Shumate, Carrie Leigh Dean Coffey and Shelby Leigh Coffey; one great-grandchild, Bralyn Dean; mother and stepfather, Opal Mildred and Avon Graham of Mississippi; a sister, Sheila Henderson and husband of Mississippi; and many other relatives. Ivanhoe Masonic Lodge 235 conducted a Masonic memorial service Sunday, July 12, at the funeral home following visitation. Memorial donations may be made to the Daniel Dean Memorial Scholarship Fund, Ruritan National Foundation, P.O. Box 487, Dublin, VA 24084. Barnett Funeral Home in Wytheville was in charge of the arrangements.