Mrs. Joy “Bob” Daniel, daughter of the late Claude and Grace Cherry was born on July 2, 1931 in Milledgeville, Tennessee. She was preceded in death by sister Billie Sue Jones, she is survived by sisters Sunshine Reid and Phyllis Sain (David). At an early age Joy professed her faith in Jesus Christ as her Savior and was baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. She was a member of the Germantown Church of Christ in Germantown, Tennessee.
Joy was married to her high school sweetheart Robert Edwin Daniel on March 25, 1950. This union was blessed with three children. Edwin “Ed” Daniel preceded Joy in death on February 20, 2013.
Joy loved the outdoors. She loved horses when her children wanted to ride; she loved golf when her children wanted to play. She was a strong woman with an incredible zest for life. She enjoyed good conversation, especially with her friends, sisters, children, nieces and grandchildren. She quietly departed this life in the early morning hours of June 7, 2021 just 25 days shy of her 90th birthday.
Her window of life will forever be cherished and remembered in the lives of her children:
Craig Daniel (Pam) of Omaha, Nebraska; Connie McLain (David) of Houston, Texas; Cary Daniel (Angela) of Collierville, Tennessee. Grandchildren Sara Daniel of St. Augustine, Florida; David McLain (Jill) of Houston, Texas; Victoria Bartley, Nicole Bartley and Nikolas Daniel of Collierville, Tennessee. Great Grandchildren Aliya, Orion, Marshall and Nolan; Sisters-in-law Sylvia, Karen and Ruth. And a great host of cousins and beloved friends.
Funeral services will be 11:00 AM, Saturday, June 12 at Shackelford Funeral Directors of Henderson’ s Crook Avenue Chapel with burial in the Cabo Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Crook Avenue from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Saturday.