Gertrude Mitchell Daniels

MRS. GERTRUDE MITCHELL DANIELS

Mrs. Gertrude Mitchell Daniels, age 104, of 1001 South 10th Street Wilmington, NC, where she resided for over 80 years, died Tuesday, April 21, 2009, peacefully at home. Mrs. Daniels was born April 13, 1904, in Freeman, NC, to the late Reverend Schofield and Susie Spaulding Mitchell and was the widow of John R. Daniels who passed away April 1, 1956.

Having business acumen, Ms. Daniels was an entrepreneur who ran a store before discovering her passion for flowers. She opened a floral business that became well known throughout the region from which she retired at age 88 to be a caregiver to her late daughter, Alma Daniels Howard.

Mrs. Daniels is survived by her daughter, Johnsie Daniels Davis and spouse Raymond Davis of Wilmington, NC, and a granddaughter whom she raised as her daughter, Jacquelyn Howard Brown and spouse Frank L. Brown of Woodbridge, VA; three grandchildren, Tamika Davis Bierlein and spouse Jeremy Bierlein, Danita Davis, and Trade Davis; six great-grandchildren, Nygel, Ethan, Danielle Bierlein, Sheryl Parker, Stanley Parker, and Sharisse Brown; and three great-great grandchildren, Jordan Emison, Taylor Payne, and Dylan Brown; a host of loving nieces and nephews; and special family ands friends.

Mrs. Daniels Funeral Services will be held at St. Andrews AME Zion Church Saturday, April 25, 2009, at 1PM with Reverend Alfonso Gregory III officiating. Burial will follow at the Freeman Cemetery, US Highway 74/76 in Freeman NC. A visitation for family and friends will be held Friday, April 24, 2009, from 6:00 pm -- 8:00 pm at Adkins Drain Funeral Service. You may visit at other times at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Davis, 3724 Winston Boulevard, Wilmington, NC.

Adkins Drain Funeral Service, 515 South 8th Street

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