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Mrs. LaFran Hankins Wallick McDaniel, 94, passed away on May 9, 2011, in Biloxi, MS.
Mrs. McDaniel was born on October 2, 1916, in Monticello, Arkansas. She graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello with a Bachelor's in elementary education and from Mississippi State University with a Master's in education. She taught for many years in elementary schools in Arkansas and Mississippi and was a supervisor of reading. After retirement she enjoyed traveling. She visited every state in the country. She traveled to Canada, Mexico, and Europe several times. She also enjoyed needlework, reading, and especially being with her family. She moved to Biloxi in 2006 to be closer to her daughter, Diane.
Mrs. McDaniel was preceded in death by her parents, Skipwith and Thella Hankins, her first husband, Earl Wallick, her second husband, Noel Wayman McDaniel, and her son Dr. Earl Taylor Wallick.
Survivors include her daughter, Diane W. Creel and her husband, Richard E. Creel, Biloxi MS, her stepson, Noel McDaniel and his wife Marlene of New Brunsfel, Texas, her grandchildren Richard M. Creel of Biloxi, Christopher Taylor Creel and his wife Heather Hamilton of Birmingham, AL, Karl Taylor Wallick and his wife Miranda of Cincinnati,OH, and James Lee Wallick and his wife Masie of New York City. She is also survived by her great-grandchildren, Daniel Creel of Naples, FL, Ruth and Tennessee Wallick of Cincinnati, OH, and Hannah Hamilton of Birmingham.
Mrs. McDaniel was born on October 2, 1916, in Monticello, Arkansas. She graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello with a Bachelor's in elementary education and from Mississippi State University with a Master's in education. She taught for many years in elementary schools in Arkansas and Mississippi and was a supervisor of reading. After retirement she enjoyed traveling. She visited every state in the country. She traveled to Canada, Mexico, and Europe several times. She also enjoyed needlework, reading, and especially being with her family. She moved to Biloxi in 2006 to be closer to her daughter, Diane.
Mrs. McDaniel was preceded in death by her parents, Skipwith and Thella Hankins, her first husband, Earl Wallick, her second husband, Noel Wayman McDaniel, and her son Dr. Earl Taylor Wallick.
Survivors include her daughter, Diane W. Creel and her husband, Richard E. Creel, Biloxi MS, her stepson, Noel McDaniel and his wife Marlene of New Brunsfel, Texas, her grandchildren Richard M. Creel of Biloxi, Christopher Taylor Creel and his wife Heather Hamilton of Birmingham, AL, Karl Taylor Wallick and his wife Miranda of Cincinnati,OH, and James Lee Wallick and his wife Masie of New York City. She is also survived by her great-grandchildren, Daniel Creel of Naples, FL, Ruth and Tennessee Wallick of Cincinnati, OH, and Hannah Hamilton of Birmingham.