Alley Barnett Daniels

Alley Barnett Daniels, died April 22, 2004, at the age of 82. Born in Houston, Texas, he attended the University of Houston and St. Mary's University. A classical singer, he performed with the Dallas Starlight Opera, San Antonio Meistersingers, and Music Theatre. An erudite man who continued to educate himself, an accountant by profession, he was also a painter, jewelry maker, and poet. A descendant of one of Stephen F. Austin's Old 300 families and of a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, he loved history, especially of Texas, and his love of these subjects emerged in his poetry.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, his beloved Margaret Claire Staerker Daniels; his son, Walter Barnett Daniels; son-in-law, Kenneth Dovel; his brother, Thomas Barnett Daniels, Jr. and his sisters, Vernonia McCulloch and Hazel Cheairs. He is survived by his daughter, Margaret Alicia Daniels of San Antonio; sister-in-law, Corinne Mitchell of Danville, Virginia; his cherished adopted family, Ann Nord Blumrich, Don, Ross and J.D. Blumrich; nieces, nephews and numerous friends.

A local memorial service and burial in the Staerker plot in Hillside Cemetery, Cuero, Texas, will be held at a future date.

San Antonio

The Alamo City

The jewel called San Antonio,

if Texas wore a crown,

Would be mounted in the highest point,

as befits this noble town.

For here one lives with history

in a thousand paths and ways,

And on the calendar of history

San Antonio counts the days.

The noble don of royal line

lived here, and had his day,

And many who made history

passed here, along the way.

Oh, lovely San Antonio,

of the six bold flags you flew,

Every one gave of its best,

And became a part of you.

Alley B. Daniels