Emma Lee Mcdaniel Staley

Mrs. Emma Lee McDaniel Staley, 84, of Daugherty Road, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at CMC-NorthEast in Concord. A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Thursday, April 14, 2011, at Bethel Wesleyan Church in Kannapolis where she was a member. Pastor Joe Harding will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2:00 pm Thursday at the church. Mrs. Staley was born June 4, 1926 in Kannapolis. She was a daughter of the late John Henry McDaniel and Minnie Dora Wilson McDaniel. She retired from Cannon Mills where she worked as a set maker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Ann Paulette Staley; sister, Mildred McDaniel Pickrel; and two brothers, Ralph and Alvin McDaniel. Mrs. Staley is survived by a daughter, Joyce Ford Huber of Indian Trail; granddaughter, Joy Ford Huber and husband, Douglas of Indian Trail; five great-grandchildren Jesse McDaniel Huber, Jacob Ford Huber, Emmalee Grace Huber, Sarah Mei Huber and Hannah Li Huber, all of Indian Trail and three sisters, Rose McDaniel Smith of Gastonia, Henrietta McDaniel Tallardy of Salisbury and Barbara McDaniel Shoemaker of China Grove. Memorial contributions may be made to the Bethel Wesleyan Church, 4036 Old Salisbury-Concord Road, Kannapolis, NC 28083.