Jeanne "Gi Gi" Daniel

Jeanne (GiGi) Nutty Daniel passed away on January 29, 2014 at the John F. Keever Solace Center. She was 88 years old. Born in Ames, Iowa, she graduated from Ames High School and graduated from Iowa State University, where she met her late husband of 63 years, John N. Daniel. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her father, W.H. Nutty, and her mother, Margaret Sharp Fox, and sisters Charlotte Johnson, Jerry Lou Angle, and brother James Nutty. She moved to Asheville along with her husband and children in 1961 from Seattle, Wash., when her husband was commissioned to open and manage the Square D Plant here. She volunteered for years with the American Red Cross and was President of the PTO of St. Genevieve of the Pines. She was a member of the Children's Welfare League of Asheville and served on several committees for the Cathedral of All Souls Episcopal Church, where she was a member. She cherished entertaining friends as well as her husband's colleagues. She had a wonderful group of friends that loved to invent fun. On one occasion they decided to have a formal luncheon on the Blue Ridge Parkway with fine china, silver, candelabras, and wine. They all were dressed in their finest jogging suits. Little did they know that drinking was illegal on the Parkway – but they escaped being caught. While attending Iowa State the male students voted her the Iowa State Christmas Dream Girl. She and her two sisters worked in the student union grill and were always addressed as the "Nutty Girls." Surviving are a daughter, Deborah Daniel Pope, and husband Larry of Asheville, N.C.; a son, John Nelson Daniel, Jr. and wife Susan of Newburgh. Ind.; four grandchildren, John Nelson Daniel III, and wife Noel of Thomasville, Ga., Dr. Alley Jeanne Killian of Atlanta, Ga., Daniel Marcus Killian of Santa Cruz, Calif., and Kathryn Daniel Hollander of Starkville, Miss.; a step-grandson, Brad Pope, and wife Becky of Asheville, N.C.; and four great-grandchildren, Emma Hutton Daniel, John Brigham Daniel, Woodson Hayes Daniel, of Thomasville, and Jackson Murray Schymik, of Starkville. The Family will receive friends on Saturday, April 26, 2014 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian on Long Shoals Road. Memorials may be made to John F. Keever Hospice Solace Center, P. O. Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.