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Dwight Patrick McDaniel

Male 1950 - 2006  (55 years)


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  • Name Dwight Patrick McDaniel  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 10 Jun 1950  Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 9 Feb 2006  Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    • Dwight Patrick McDaniel

      Dwight Patrick McDaniel died on the 9th day of February, 2006 at the age of 55 in Houston, Texas. Dwight was born on June 10, 1950 at Brooke Army Hospital at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. As a son of an army officer, Dwight lived on different army bases throughout his childhood including Quarry Heights in the Panama Canal Zone and Fort Myer in Washington, D.C. After graduating from Lutcher Stark High School in Orange, Texas in 1968, Dwight attended Baylor University from 1968-69 and The University of Hawaii from 1969-70 before traveling extensively in the South Sea Islands. As part of his oceanography studies at the University of Hawaii, Dwight worked on a research ship in his Spring semester that journeyed from Hawaii to New Guinea. At the end of this voyage, Dwight remained in New Guinea and spent over three years living and working in Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and the Fiji Islands. It was during this time that he developed a love for mountain climbing and hiking, and worked briefly as an instructor and guide. In 1971, Dwight returned to the United States, worked for Temple Industries, Pineland, and then attended The University of Texas at Austin. Dwight's love for the outdoors and mountaineering took him to Banff, Alberta, Canada in the Spring of 1976 where he met his future wife, Patricia Ann Tweten of Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada. Dwight and Pat were married two years later on June 29, 1978 in Missoula, Montana where Dwight was attending The University of Montana. Dwight graduated from The University of Montana with a journalism degree in 1979. After graduation, he worked as a reporter for a newspaper in Lufkin, and later, for a bank in Cushing, Texas. In 1985, Dwight earned his Juris Doctorate degree from Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston. Dwight practiced law in Longview, Texas with his brother, Stephen White McDaniel, from 1985-90. In 1990, Dwight moved to Hemphill, Texas where he established a private law practice, served as Sabine County Attorney for a number of years, and with his brother, built a computerized title company, Toledo Bend Title. In addition to mountaineering and hiking, Dwight was interested in history and read extensively on the American Civil War. He also authored numerous short stories and a novel, and maintained a diary to his son, Harper Longstreet McDaniel, from Harper's birth until he was eight years old. Dwight Patrick McDaniel is survived by his wife, Patricia Ann Tweten McDaniel; his son, Harper Longstreet McDaniel; brother, Stephen White McDaniel; sister-in-law, Marcia Sue Burlison McDaniel; and niece, Erin Colleen McDaniel. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Cecil McDaniel and Loye Winona White McDaniel; and his nephew Stephen White McDaniel, II. He will be remembered as an adventurer, scholar, and mountaineer. Dwight was by birth and nature a kind and generous husband, father, son, brother and uncle who will be truly missed by his family and all who knew him. Visitation will be from 4:00-9:00pm Sunday evening, February 12, 2006, at Starr Funeral Home, Hemphill, Texas. The funeral service will be at 1:00pm Monday, February 13, 2006, at First Baptist Church Hemphill, Texas, with the burial following in the Oak Hill Cemetery under the direction of Starr Funeral Home. Starr Funeral Home P.O. Box 731 Hemphill, Texas (409)787-3331

      http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16111726&BRD=2287&PAG=461&dept_id=512596&rfi=6

      A nearly identical obituary was published in the February 15, 2006 Sabine County Reporter, along with a personal rememberance by Mary Howell in her "On the Bright Side" column.
    Person ID I14630  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Robert Cecil McDaniel,   b. 19 Mar 1915, Six Mile Community, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 2005, Longview, Gregg County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Loye Winona White,   b. 30 Oct 1919, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 2002, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 4 Mar 1942  Bronson, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    • In his autobiography, Robert Cecil McDaniel writes that while stationed at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, he "obtained a three-day pass, and went home by Greyhound bus. On the following day, Loye and I went to a doctor in San Augustine, and obtained the necessary blood test required before marriage. (The doctor performed this test free because I was in uniform). We then purchased our marriage license in the County Clerk's office in San Augusitne and were married at 11 a.m. on March 4, 1942, by Pastor Noel Hammock, a Baptist minister in his home in Bronson, Texas. The only witness was his wife. Pastor Hammock was an old friend who had been raised in the Bayou Community. As we were leaving Loye's home to get married, I officially notified her parents. Of course they were expecting it, for I imagine that Loye had already broken the news privately."

      He added that Mr. White called Loye aside and gave her a signed, blank check and told her to buy "whatever she needed." Loye recalled that she bought a pair of hose and a white slip and that the check was filled out for $4.95. Not many parents these days can lose a daughter, or gain a son-in-law, for that price.
    Family ID F1336  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Living 
    Children 
     1. Living
    Family ID F5746  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Oct 2011 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Jun 1950 - Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S463] White, Charlie-Family Researcher DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD WHITE.

    2. [S266] Ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database online], (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.).

    3. [S1105] McDaniel, Robert Cecil "In Search of Blue Water" (Published by Author, 1988, Library of Congress Card #88-92359), p. 138 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S195] McDaniel, Loye White--Family Researcher (Ancestor Chart).

    5. [S1105] McDaniel, Robert Cecil "In Search of Blue Water" (Published by Author, 1988, Library of Congress Card #88-92359), p. 60 (Reliability: 3).