Mr. Steve Daniels

Funeral services for Mr. Steve Daniels, 69, of Hideaway Lake, will be held at 2 PM Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at Crawford – A. Crim Funeral Home with a visitation one hour before the service. A private family committal will follow at Moyers Cemetery. Mr. Daniels attended Henderson High School, and graduated in 1965. He graduated from Kilgore College in 1968, and earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Houston in 1970. In high school, Mr. Daniels hauled hay and loaded watermelons. He also worked for Houston Power & Light, Reliant Energy, and Houston Centerpoint Energy. He was trained and worked in all areas of the power industry including generation, transmissions, substations, distributions, marketing, and fuel procurement. He was Manager of Power Operations and served as liaison to ERCOT and P.U.C. before retiring in 2002 after 34 years. He was an avid poker player, and also like to travel, fish, and liked anything musically related. He was a regular at Wednesday Night Karaoke Club, and was a monthly visitor to Horseshoe Casino. Mr. Daniels was preceded in death by his father, Wilber Vernon Daniels; brother, Charles Rodney Daniels; and sister, Kay Daniels. Survivors include his wife, Susan Richmond Daniels of Hideaway; mother, Lois Williams Daniels of Good Springs; children, Jeremy Richmond Hollister and wife Mandy of Wills Point, John Steven Daniels and wife Kristie of Houston, and Gabrielle Ann Massey and husband Michael of Sylvester, Georgia; sisters, Maxine Collins and husband Ray, Jean Carother, and Jane Cheek; grandchildren, Julie and Kaleigh Massey, Arwin and Liam Callaway, Lauryn and John Daniels III, and Morgan and Jack Hollister. Pallbearers will be Chase Sharp, Travis Blackwell, Jay Wherry, Mike Kitchens, Trey Carothers, Steve Ferguson, Hal Collins, and Paul Collins. Honorary pallbearers include Lynn Wallace, Hal Martin, Jimmy McGehee, Mike Taylor, and Don Gaston. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Tyler Hematology/Oncology, 721A Clinic Dr., Tyler, TX 75701, or M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, P.O. Box 4461, Houston, TX, 77210. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordacrim.com .

Mr. Steve Daniels

October 8, 1946 - November 23, 2015