Juanita Corley-Daniels

CORLEY-DANIELS, Mrs. Juanita - age 83, passed away, Thursday, May 22, 2014 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Oakland. Family hour 10:30AM Saturday, May 31, 2014 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 268 N. Perry St., with funeral service commencing immediately at 11AM. Dr. Solomon Smith, officiating. Interment Perry Mount Park Cemetery, 878 N. Perry St. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the funeral home 10:30AM Saturday. Mrs. Daniels will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral home, and may be viewed from 2:00PM-8PM Friday. Mrs. Juanita Corley-Daniels began her life journey on July 20, 1930 in Memphis, Tennessee the newborn baby girl of the late Walter A. and Dorothy Ellen Barnes. She departed this life on May 22, 2014 after fighting a long illness. Her Journey with the Lord started at a young age and continued to be reflected throughout her entire life. She was a faithful member of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Pontiac, MI and served as a faithful member in many areas of the church up until her retirement. She will always be remembered for helping others and her firm commitment to God and Family. Her faith never wavered and she always place God at the helm of her life. Juanita attended secondary school in Tennessee and obtained her GED from Pontiac School System. She was united in Holy Matrimony to the late Solomon Corley and to this union seven children were born. She was later united in Holy Matrimony to Edward Benjamin Daniels. Her husbands, Solomon Corley and Edward Benjamin Daniels; one sister, Ernestine Washington; brother, Arthur Thomas; daughter, Hiawatha Corley; son, Walter Anthony Corley; daughter Lily Mae Ellison all preceded her in death. She retired from St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac, Michigan in the Dietary Department in 1992 after twenty-two years of faithful service. Everyone who worked closely with Juanita remembers her always smiling. If someone was having a bad day she was always there to lift their spirits. Mrs. Corley-Daniels leaves to cherish her memory: children, sons, Solomon and Aldora Corley, Jr of Pontiac, MI, Clyde Garlan Corley of Miramar, Florida, Jewel and James Shelton of Glendale, Arizona, Aleta Young of Southfield, MI; son-in-law, Deacon John T. Ellison of Pontiac, MI; sister-in-law, Eliza Womack of Pontiac, MI; grandchildren, Lonnie and Irene Corley, LaWanda Jeanine and Rahmar Ali Shelton, Summer Dawn and Fallon Ellison, Treveyan Jefferson, Walter Wilson, Sybil Corley, Chanina Milligan, Martise, DeShawn, Kristina and Jasmine Corley, Katrina and Jonetta Henry, Brandy Patterson, Melissa and Sheila Scott; eighteen great-grandchildren; seven great-great grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews other special relatives and friends. Juanita will be forever and always remembered for her kindness and her generosity and truly loving the Lord. A true soldier in this battle of life whose victory now is hers in heaven where there is peace and joy forever. The family would like to thank everyone for all your kind words and gestures during this time of bereavement and they will reach out to express their warm appreciation at a later date.

Juanita Corley-Daniels

July 19, 1930 - May 22, 2014