Frances Gerhart Mcdaniel

FRANCES MCDANIEL – Frances Gerhart McDaniel, age 82, of Columbus, MS, passed away February 5, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  Graveside services will be Friday, February 8, 2019, at 10:00 AM at Friendship Cemetery with Rev. Sandra Brown officiating.  Visitation will be Thursday, February 7, 2019, from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory 2 ^nd Ave. location.

Mrs. McDaniel was born October 4, 1936, in Columbus, MS, to the late Bert Coleman and Hazel Gilliam Gerhart.  She was one of eight children and graduated from Lee High School.  Mrs. McDaniel worked for over 30 years at Sprint Mart.

Survivors include her sons, Billy McDaniel, Jr. and his wife Heike of Warner Robbins, GA, and Darrin McDaniel and his wife Lisa of Hattiesburg, MS, daughter, Debra Price and her husband Michael of Columbus, MS, brothers, Jack Gerhart of Birmingham, AL, James Gerhart of Columbus, MS, and George Gerhart of Columbus, MS, grandchildren, Lewis McDaniel of Baltimore, MD, Christina McDaniel of Warner Robbins, GA, Matthew McDaniel of Columbus, MS, Rebecca Wright and her husband Christopher of Columbus, MS, and Brianna Smith and her husband Jonathan of Columbus, MS, 5 great granddaughters, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Honorary pallbearers will be nurses and staff of Baptist Memorial Hospice, special niece, Cindy Gerhart, Diana Granger, and Harry S. Ford.

Memorials may be made to the Children’s Reading Program, Columbus Lowndes Public Library, 314 7 ^th St. North, Columbus, MS, 39701.