Bishop Michael McDaniel

Bishop Michael
C.D. McDaniel
HICKORY -- Dr. McDaniel, died December 18, 2003 at Lutheran Home West. Bishop McDaniel was born April 8, 1929 in Mt. Pleasant NC, son of the late John Henry and Mildred Barrier McDaniel. Dr. McDaniel was an Eagle Scout and served in the US Army in Korea, 1946-1948.He received a BA degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received his theological degree from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. He later did post-graduate study at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and earned a Ph.D. degree in Theology from the University of Chicago.
In 1953, Dr. McDaniel was married to Marjorie Ruth Schneiter of Louisville, KY. Survivors, in addition to his wife of the home, a son and daughter-in-law, John Robert Michael McDaniel and Barbara Herpich McDaniel of Dumfries, VA; and 3 grandchildren, Katherine Amy McDaniel, Andrew Robert McDaniel, and Christine Marie McDaniel, all of Dumfries.
Pastor McDaniel's first parish was Faith Lutheran Church, Faith, NC from 1954-1958, which named him as 'Pastor Emeritus'. He also served as pastor in Savannah, GA at Ascension Lutheran Church from 1958-1960, and in Chicago, IL, where he was Senior Pastor at Edgebrook Lutheran Church from 1962 to 1967.
In 1971, Dr. McDaniel came to Lenoir-Rhyne College as Professor of Religion and Philosophy where he served eleven years until 1982, when he was elected Bishop of the Lutheran Church in North Carolina. He served in that capacity until 1991, when he returned to Lenoir Rhyne College as Founding Director of the center for theology.
During his years as Bishop, Dr. McDaniel was granted a leave of absence to teach for a term at Oxford University in England. His hobbies included classical music, travel, bird watching, amateur astronomy, woodworking, stamp collecting and watercolor painting. He had been listed for many years in 'Who's Who In America.'
Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, 629 8th Street, NE, Hickory, NC, The Rev. Richard Fritz, Home Pastor, Bishop Leonard H. Bolick, Rev. Dr. J. Larry Yoder, Rev. Dr. William Milholland, and Rev. Stanley Stiver, will officiate. A private graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, NC. Honorary pallbearers will be the Hickory Rotary Club, NC Synod Pastors, and The Romeos.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, 626 8th Street, NE, Hickory, NC 28601, Lutheran Services for the Aging, P.O. Box 947, Salisbury, NC 28144, The Rev. Dr. Michael C.D. McDaniel Endowment for the Center for Theology, LRC, Box 7467, Hickory, NC 28603.
Bass-Smith Funeral Home, Hickory, NC is serving the family of Bishop McDaniel.