Dr. Grover Cleveland McDaniel Jr.

McDaniel, Dr. Grover Cleveland, Jr., died Wednesday night after a long illness. He was 82 years old. A long time resident of Ft. Lauderdale, Dr. McDaniel practiced as an obstetrician and gynecologist, delivering thousands of babies over 40 years. With his wife of nearly 60 years, Anna Toms McDaniel, he was active in medical societies and arts charities. Born in Forest City, NC, Dr. McDaniel attended the University of North Carolina V-12 program and Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University. He completed his internship and residencies at Baptist Hospital, Winston Salem, NC, Georgetown Hospital, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, and the Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital in Jersey City, NJ. He served as a Navy Lieutenant in the Korean War, stationed in the Aleutian Islands. He later served as Chief Resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, VA. The McDaniels moved to Ft. Lauderdale in 1956. Dr. McDaniel practiced with Drs. William Kirkley, J. C. Gilbert, Jr., and George Pickle for 30 years before branching out on his own. Dr McDaniel was elected President of both the Fort Lauderdale Ob/Gyn Society and the Miami Ob/Gyn Society, and was also a member of the South Atlantic Ob/Gyn Society. An energetic teacher, he was a member of the adjunct faculty of the University of Miami School of Medicine, and won the community faculty teaching award from the Ob/Gyn residents in the early 1980s. He was an avid aficionado of jazz and maintained an extensive catalogue of classic and contemporary recordings, as well as an eclectic collection of fountain pens. Dr. McDaniel is survived by his wife, Anna; his daughters, Susan McDaniel, PhD of Rochester, NY, Ann McDaniel of Bethesda, MD, and Mary Johnson of Fairfax, VA; his sons-in-law, Dr. David Siegel of Rochester, NY and Gary Johnson of Fairfax, VA; and his grandchildren, Hanna and Marisa Siegel and Drew and Layne Johnson. He is also survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Andrew and Mollie McDaniel of Raleigh, NC. A memorial service will be held today, Saturday, April 19, at 2:30pm at the First United Methodist Church in Ft. Lauderdale. In lieu of flowers, the family requests any donations be made to the Dr. G. C. McDaniel Women's Fellowship Fund, Institute for the Family, Univ. of Rochester Medical Ctr., 300 East River Road, PO Box 23029, Rochester, NY 14692, or to a charity of your choice.