Papa, how we love you!

 I lost my sweet daddy on September 14, 2023. He fought a horrible battle with dementia and passed away from a fall that he suffered on Labor Day weekend. My daddy was the kindest, gentlest, man you would ever want to meet. He loved and led our family so well. My mama was his one and only for 57 years! Nothing made him more proud than his grand babies. He made it to as many events as he possibly could and they both adored him. The hurt is heavy at times, but the faith we have and the promise of eternal life with Jesus brings us peace. There is not doubt in our minds that Papa is now whole and healed and walking the streets of Heaven with those (people and puppy dogs) who have gone before him. 

Obituary

John Forlaw Daniels, Jr. of Beaufort passed away peacefully at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville, NC on September 14, 2023.

John was born in Charlotte, NC on April 22, 1952, to John F. Daniels, Sr. and Hazel Byrd Daniels. Although he grew up in Charlotte, his favorite times were his summers spent in Cedar Island and Beaufort, His grandfather was a Cedar Islander born and bred and his grandmother likewise from Beaufort.

John graduated from East Mecklenburg High School in 1970. He attended North Carolina State University from 1970-1974. He loved his university, especially the 1974 National Championship Men’s Basketball Team. Go Wolfpack! Raleigh was also the place where he met his wife Jane. They were married in 1976 and had a wonderful and welcoming Christian home for 47 years.

After college, he worked for several years in Fairfax, Virginia and Columbia, South Carolina. In 1981, John was offered the opportunity to return to his beloved Carteret County to work with the Carteret County Chamber of Commerce. In 1983, he found his love for the hospitality industry when he went to work for the Sanitary Fish Market and Restaurant, and later Chick-fil-A .  He retired from Chick-fil-A in 2017.

John was preceded in death by his mother Hazel Byrd Daniels, his father and stepmother John F. Daniels, Sr. and Joyce Daniels, his brother Stephen Daniels, his sister Elizabeth Boillat, and his step-brother Allan Wheatley.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife Jane of the home, his son John W. Daniels of Morehead City, his daughter Kathryn (Katie) Beddard and husband Bryant of Greenville, NC, grandchildren Anna Kate and Corban Beddard, his sister Susan Matthews and husband Jack of West End, NC, step-sister Johann Wilson of Winston-Salem, NC, many nieces, nephews, and countless friends.

John was a charter member of Beaufort By The Sea Community Church. A service celebrating his life will be held at the church located at 214 Turner Street in Beaufort on Sunday, September 24 at 3:00 PM, Pastor Rusty Willis officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be immediately following the service at Oceanview Cemetery in Beaufort.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to Beaufort By The Sea Community Church or Alzheimer’s Research.

Some really neat pics of papa's childhood......