Dr.  D. H. Daniel

    Dr. David Harmon Daniel, 68, Widely known Johnson County physician and surgeon and prominent civic leader, died at his home on Second Street late Thursday evening following an illness of almost two years. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church Saturday afternoon, the Rev. Ralph Webb officiating and interment was in the Mayo Cemetery.

    Born in Johnson County March 31, 1878, he was the son of the late Wyatt W. and Lydia Rice Daniels, both members of prominent families in this section. After his early education here, he attended the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Knoxville and then matriculated at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, from which he was graduated in 1908 with the degree of doctor of medicine. The same year he opened an office in Denver, Ky., where he continued the practice of medicine until May 1918, when he enlisted in the U. S. Army as a captain in the Medical Corps. He was discharged from service September, 1918, because of physical disability. Moving to Paintsville with his family in October, 1918, he opened an office with Dr. G. V. Daniel, an uncle. After practicing here for several months, he together with Drs. G. V. Daniel, J. A. Wells and W. R. Castle, organized the Golden Rule Hospital with which he was connected until 1924, when he accepted a position with the Corrigan- McKinney Steel Company as chief physician and surgeon at their mining operations in Pike County. Dr. Daniel returned to Paintsville in 1928, after completing a postgraduate course at the New York Polyclinic Hospital and later opened a private hospital, which he operated in this city until September, 1942, when he moved to Prestonsburg and began the operation of General Hospital there. Ill health forced his retirement in August, 1944.

    Prominent in civic organizations, church and school work, Dr. Daniel with eight other World War 1 veterans founded the Johnson County Post 117, American Legion, and he served as the first post commander. He was also a member of the Paintsville Lodge No. 381, F & AM, the Kiwanis Club, of which he was a past president; the Johnson County Medical Society, the Kentucky State Medical Association, and he was a fellow of the American Medical Association. Dr. Daniel also served several terms on the Paintsville City School Board. He was a member of the First Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Daniel; three sons, Vivian, Marion C. and D. H. Daniel Jr., three daughters, Mrs.. Josephine Sampselle, of Logan, W. Va., Mrs. Anne Saxton, of Louisville and Mrs. Katherine Royse, of Paintsville; a step- son, Kenneth P. Fischer, a brother, John Daniel, of Thelma, a sister, Mrs. Martha Salyers, of Louisa, a half-brother, Winston Daniel, and a half-sister, Mrs. Ben Vanhoose of Johnson County; and seven grandchildren.