Robert Elgin Daniel

Mr. Robert Elgin Daniel passed away Friday, May 10, 2019 at Madison Heights Senior Living in Evans, GA.

     The funeral service will be held at­­­­­­­ 11:00 am on Monday, May 13, 2019 in the Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home chapel with the Reverend Marion Britton officiating.  Interment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens.

     Mr. Daniel was born in Greenwood County, the son of the late Franklin Marion Daniel and the late Betty Holsonback.  He was the loving husband to the late Melba Jeanine Daniel.

     A resident of Aiken since 1960, and was employed by Dupont and Westinghouse for 40 years until his retirement in 1991.  He was a member of Millbrook Baptist Church where he served as a deacon in the past and also enjoyed the Jubilee and Whittlers Clubs.  He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge.

     He enjoyed camping and fishing and “fixing” things in his workshop.  He was affectionately known to his children and grandchildren as “the Bear”.

     He is survived by a sister, Sallie Reid, Ware Shoals, SC; daughters, Pat (Rev. Marion) Britton, Aiken, Terri (Ray) Booth, Aiken; grandchildren, Stacey (Ricardo) San Pedro, Todd (Liz) Britton, Cynthia (David) Brown, Lindsay Arave and Hayley Arave, great-granddaughter, Bella Luna San Pedro and a number of nieces and nephews.

     In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda Yount, brothers, Bill Daniel, Buddy Ray Holsonback, and Mickey Holsonback.

     Memorials may be directed to Connie Maxwell Children’s Home, 810 Maxwell Ave., Greenwood, SC 29646 (https://www.conniemaxwell.com/donate).

or to the Alzheimer’s Association, 4124 Clemson Blvd., Suite L, Anderson, SC 29621.

     The family will receive friends the hour before the service, 10:00 am at SHELLHOUSE-RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, INC., 715 E. PINE LOG RD., AIKEN, SC.