Carlton McDaniel II

1908 - 2007

Carlton McDaniel II of Lynchburg, VA happily went home October 28, 2007, at his residence. Born to Charles & Nicie McDaniel on June 16, 1908 in Forest, VA, he was the eighth child of eleven children, all de-ceased. Carlton is preceded in death by his daughter, Elaine Coleman. At an early age, he attended the Chestnut Grove Baptist Church in Forest where he was an Honorary Deacon. He moved to Lynchburg and worked at Randolph Macon College at Baker for a total of thirty years. In 1931, he married Carrie Vaden. They were married for 39 years until her passing. He enlisted in the Navy in 1943 and was in the CB unit. He was there for two years, two months and five days. After living in Culpepper for numerous years, he returned to Lynchburg. He soon started attending Court Street Baptist Church when he was unable to go to his home church. He is survived by three grand-children, Walter L. Coleman (Paula), Whitt L. Coleman and Susan C. Martin (Michael); fif-teen great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; four nieces, Pauline Rucker (Carlton), Naomi Johnson (Stewart), Row-ena McDaniel, and Sharon Jones (Ben); four nephews, William McDaniel, Jr., Warner Brown, Sr. (Ida, Warner Brown, Jr. (Minnie) and Harry McDaniel (Louise), and a host of other cousins and many, many friends. A special, special thanks to Carlton's play granddaughters; Peggy Coles, Karen Gills, Rita Goins, Greta Williams, and Dee Dee Evans. God has called home one of his best. He was a very loving, joyous, kind man. A funeral service will be con-ducted 1 p.m., Friday, November 2, 2007, at Chestnut Grove Bap-tist Church with Reverend Don-ald Rucker officiating. The family will be receiving friends from 12 to 1 p.m. at the church. The cortege will assemble at 311 Smyth Street. Condolences can be emailed to comfu-neral@aol.com. Community Funeral Home directing.