JAMES “JIM” FRANKLIN DANIELS

REPUBLIC- A Celebration of Life for James “Jim” Franklin Daniels, 77, Republic, who died Monday, July 22, 2019, at Springfield Villa, will be announced at a later date by the family.

Survivors include his wife, Ann Daniels, of the home; a daughter and son-in-law, Kelli and Earl Harris, Murfreesboro, Tenn.; a sister and brother-in-law, Christine and Pete Mergenschorer; a nephew, Todd Harness, Little Rock, Ark.; nieces, Stephanie and Karen and many friends and relatives.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Sue Harness and a brother, Dan Daniels of Texarkana, Texas.

Mr. Daniels was born May 9, 1942, in Carlisle, Ark., to Benjamin Franklin and Susie (Kimery) Daniels. He attended high school in Carlisle, Ark. He graduated from the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Ark., Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kan. and Southeast Missouri State in Cape Girardeau.

Mr. Daniels served in the U.S. Army. He was a 3rd degree Mason, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Kiwanis, the Missouri Principals Association, Missouri Superintendents Association and was a director on the board of Public Schools Retirement Systems.

He married Ann Ingram on May 8, 1964 and to this union a daughter was born. He loved his family, friends and students. During his career, he worked in public schools in Joplin, Lamar and Poplar Bluff as a respected educator. He enjoyed sports, music, traveling, hunting, fishing and camping. He was a people person and loved to visit with the many students that came to visit him after he retired.