Birth date: Aug 18, 1942 Death date: Sep 26, 2025
James Carroll McDaniel, age 83, of Rehoboth Beach, DE, passed away Friday, September 26, 2025, at Beebe Healthcare in Lewes, DE. Mr. McDaniel was born August 18, 1942, in Fairmont, West Virginia, son of the late James Bruce “Ted” Read Obituary
Jim became my stepfather when I was a little girl and has been a part of our lives for many years until he just passed away.
When Jim and my mom moved to Rehoboth Beach he became very involved with Meals on Wheels . He cared very much for the elderly which I got to see when he one day asked me to go with him while he delivered meals to them.
I like to think that he has been warmly welcomed in Heaven by family that have passed on and the many elderly that he cared for that have passed away over the years.
He will be very missed by many people.
Barbara (stepdaughter)
Prior to entering the Air Force with my older sibling, Jim maintained a rather lucrative newspaper route (door-to-door) in our small community. Both a morning and an afternoon edition, which meant traversing our streets before and following school daily plus weekends. Because of his promptness and reliability, folks in our town commented they could set their clocks by the sound of their newspaper landing on their porch or placed behind screen doors. He wanted that trait to continue when he left so he passed the route down to me. I kept that tradition going for several years, through high school and halfway through college. That route actually made going to college possible for me.
It isn't until recent years that I learned of where he planted roots following his service time and the fact that he continued his trait of service to others following retirement from the Air Force was not surprising and a testament to his character, that's just who he was.
My sincere condolences to his entire extended family. A life well lived, but gone too soon.
Dennis Basnett, Fairmont WV
