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Show Willie B. Daniels . OGDEN — Willie B. Daniels, 72, died Monday, Nov. 15, 1993, at the St. Benedict's Hospital. Rinas ai He was born Jan. 26, 1921, in Troy, Alabama, a so of James n and Annie Felton Daniels, One On gs ee 11, 1943, he married Nellie Ruth ' _ at May Neal in Hartford, Alabama. He had _ employed ; | been. as a cook at. the | Union Pacific | Railroad and re- tired after 35 — years. He had also worked at | _ Thiokol. _ He served in th e U.S. Army during : World War Il. | _ He was an active member | of the © New Zion Baptist Church. He was also — _@ member of the Ogden Branch of the ~¢ |. NAACP, and a member of ma _ the Vintage Car Club. | sit He was reared in Hartford, Alabama, prior to moving to « Ogden in 1946. oS _. Surviving are his wife, Nel| i lie Daniels, Ogden; four sons and one daughter, Johnnie M. and Idella Daniels, Lakeland, Florida: Willie B. and Jackie Daniels, Jr., Lithonia, | Georgia; Dennis L. and Lois Daniels, Decatur, Georgia; Anthony (Tony) Danlels, Ogden; Debra S. Daniels, Salt _ Lake City; 16 grandchildren: six greatgrandchildren. He is also survived by. _ four brothers and two sisters, TroyL. — _ Daniels, Clearwater, Florida; Sylvester. _ Daniels, Sr.; Layton, Utah; Clyde W. Daniels, Sr.; Hartford, Alabama; How- ard Daniels, Los Angeles, Calif.; Queen E. Lawson, Hartford, _ Sanders, Canton, _. nieces and nephews. Alabama; Ohio.; and Lois many He was preceded in death by a son, James A. Daniels; three brothers, Walter Daniels, David Daniels, James | | _ Daniels; and two sisters, Mattie Felton, _ _and Maggie Chambers. | Services will be held on Saturday at | 1 p.m. at the New Zion Baptist Church with Reverend James L. Gates officiat_ing. COA hes ae ae The family will meet friends at Myers _ Mortuary Chapel, 845 Washington Blvd. on Friday fom 6 to8 p.m. Interment, Ogden City Cemetery _ where military honors will be accorded — | |