Edgar B. Mcdaniel, Iii

A graveside service with Military Honors will be held on Friday, October 15, 2021 at 10:00 AM in Memory Hill Cemetery with Rev. Charles Goldsmith officiating. The family will receive friends at Sunset Memorial Park Funeral Home from 4-6 PM on Thursday, October 14, 2021.

Ed was born on September 30, 1939. He was an Eagle Scout. He received his accounting degree from the University of Alabama where he was a member of Theta Chi fraternity. Ed was a Lieutenant in the US Navy where he served as a legal officer. He was an accountant at McDaniel and Company in Dothan, AL. Ed was the owner of The Parisian in Marianna, FL where he was active in Marianna Rotary Club, the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and the Miss Marianna Committee. He was then the owner of Wiregrass Security in Dothan, AL where he was active with the Alarm Association of Florida, the Alabama Alarm Association, and the Dothan Rotary Club where he was named a Paul Harris Fellow as well as an Honorary Member.

Ed was preceded in death by his parents, Mac and Nettie Jean McDaniel; and mother, Nell Murphy McDaniel.

Survivors include his wife, Olivia Hand McDaniel; his daughters, Betty (Kip) Blighton and Mary (Pepper) Lykins; his grandchildren, Kelly (Casey) Blighton, Joshua (Hayden) Blighton, Preston Skipper and Branham Skipper; his great grandchildren, Charlotte Blighton and Amelia Blighton; his sisters, Gayle McDaniel Peacock Warrick and Jean McDaniel Lickson; and several nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Presbyterian Church of Marianna organ restoration fund, or to Kindred Hospice of Dothan, AL. Burial Date October 15, 2021 A graveside service with Military Honors will be held on Friday, October 15, 2021 at 10:00 AM in Memory Hill Cemetery with Rev. Charles Goldsmith officiating. The family will receive friends at Sunset Memorial Park Funeral Home from 4-6 PM on Thursday, October 14, 2021.