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Joseph Carrel Daniel died Monday, September 22, 2014. He was born August 19, 1962, to Carrel Daniel and Martha Jo Terry Daniel.
A graduate of Bradshaw High School, Mr. Daniel attended The University of Alabama, where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, and obtained his Juris Doctor from The University of Alabama School of Law in 1988.
An active member of the Alabama State Bar, he began his career as a corporate attorney in Birmingham, followed by a robust practice in estate and trust work in Tampa and Atlanta. He returned to his beloved hometown in 1998 and began a law practice in the areas of criminal defense, juvenile and child dependency. Like his mother, who preceded him in death, Mr. Daniel devoted his career to the relief of suffering of others. True to his baptismal covenant, he strived for justice and peace among all people, and respected the dignity of every human being.
Mr. Daniel was a devoted member of Trinity Episcopal Church, where he sang in the choir and shared his gift of music with the community as a member of the Florence Camerata. Mr. Daniel was devoted to the Cursillo movement of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, as evidenced by his son’s craftsmanship of the Cursillo symbol, the multi-colored rooster, tattooed on his left leg, signifying God’s grace. With great pride, he recently accepted his father’s induction into the Limestone County Sports Hall of Fame.
He is survived by his father, Carrel Daniel; his brother, David Scott Daniel; his son, Joshua Carrel Daniel and his wife, Jennifer, and one grandchild, Madeline Grace Daniel; his niece, Martha Eleanor Daniel and nephew, Rufus Townes Daniel; his cousins Valerie Terry Wesson, Richard Daniel, Gary Daniel, Ralph Daniel and Greta Daniel, Terry Daniel, Wendy Daniel and Rhett Daniel, Julie Weatherford, Christie Weatherford, David Weatherford and Daniel Weatherford; a host of dear friends and godchildren, David Burton Hodges, Jr., Mary Catherine Hodges and Philip Hodges.
Funeral services for Mr. Daniel will be at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, September 28, 2014, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Florence, Alabama, with The Rev. Dr. Callie Plunket-Brewton and The Rev. Andrew Carl Keyse officiating. His ashes will be committed in the church columbarium in the Alice West Mullen Memorial Garden of Trinity Episcopal Church.
The family will receive friends immediately following the service in the church parish hall. Elkins Funeral Home is assisting the family.
The family respectfully requests no flowers for the service. In lieu thereof, memorial gifts may be made to The Saint Francis Project of Trinity Episcopal Church, Post Office Box M, Florence, AL 35631.
“The golden evening brightens in the west; soon, soon to faithful warriors cometh rest; sweet is the calm of paradise the blest. Alleluia. Alleluia.”
