II Timothy 4:6-7 - The Life of Reverend Boyzie B. Z. Daniels The Reverend B. Z. Daniels was born in Walnut Grove, Walton County, Georgia on September 15th, 1915. He was preceded in death by his mother, Ms. Fannie Mae Daniels, and a sister, Mrs. Susie Jackson and a host of other relatives. He made Bethany Baptist Church his home and was called into the ministry at an early age. Preaching the word of God at age 22, he grew strong in Christian ethics. His ordination service was held in June of 1946 at his home church, Bethany. He pastored many churches since accepting his to Chestnut Grove Baptist Church at age 24: Smith Chapel(20+ years), Appaalchee Shoals (61 years), Grissom Grove, Gum Springs, Mt. Enon, Carter's Hill, Friendship in Loganville (49 years), Corinth in Social Circle, and Lyonsville (13 years) Missionary Baptist Churches. Under his dedicated leadership, he had over 20 sons and daughters in the ministry currently active in various churches throughout Georgia with 12 who originated from Appalachee Shoals Missionary Baptist Church. While pastoring, he always maintained other occupations. He retired from the Walton County Board of Education as a school bus driver after over 25 years of service, worked as a licensed carpenter, and diligent farmer. His humble, generous spirit of giving, love for people and hard work as a gardener, earned him the Walton Hometown HeronAward. He also has been honored with proclamations from Barrow and Walton County Mayors, He promoted community and church partnerships through continuous service and memberships in various ironstone: Walton County Civi League, Benevolent Lodge, Masonic Lodge, and Walton County Ministerial Alliance, local school PTA's, etc. His service in the Northwestern Baptist Association (now know as the Greater Northwestern Baptist Assoc.) is most notable and worthy of numerous recognitions down through the years. Under Moderator H. H. Forts on, he was elected First Vice Moderator of the NWBA. He served that position faithfully for 44 years under Moderators; Rev. E. T. Smith, Rev. C. T. Hester, and Rev. L. D. Sims. He continued to remain active as First Vice Moderator Emeritus along with the Appalachee Shoals Church where he successfully pastored for 61 years.His community activism was captured in a book, Fire In A Cane Brake by Laura Wexler, depicting his involvement in civil right and justice for blacks in Walton County in 1946x Rev. Daniels attend school in Walton County, Athens Technical School, and numerous symposiums, workshops, and training related to Christian Education and Pastoral Leadership. B. Z. conducted many formal, informal, and individual training sessions tailored for the occasion on Life as a Christian, Counselor, Pastor, Marriage, zinging Hymns the "old fashioned" way and moral values.Every conversation with him provided life enrichment as he always humorously shared powerful insights and spiritual nuggets in loving get stern way to jog one's mind and change their life forever. As a devoted, loving husband and father he leaves to mourn his wife of 37 years, Mrs. Mattie Lene Daniels, four daughters, Ms. Bettye Griggs, Minister Eleanor D. (Clarence) Scott, Ms. Gloria B. Penn, Mrs. Marilyn I. (Jimmy L.) Thomas, one son, Charles E. Daniels, 13 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren, sister in laws - Mrs. Gennie Lou Boyce, Mrs. Ruby Nell Still, Mrs. Jeanette (Otis) Byrd, and Mrs. Lowvine S. Thompson, and a host of nieces, nephews, and extended family. He was a legend, a child of the King, who is definitely already missed. Funeral Service were held Thursday, July 12th, 2097 at 12:00 Noon at the Lighthouse World Outreach Center, Rev. Raymond Hardy, Pastor, Rev. Bishop W. J. Mosley, Eulogist.∼MONROE: Boyzie Daniels, preacher, pushed black voting rights
By KAY POWELL
Sharecroppers and tenant farmers were Boyzie Daniels' neighbors in the 1940s. The Baptist minister was determined to help his Walton County neighbors secure the right to vote.
Alone, registering black people to vote in April 1946 was enough to place him in the county's history. Shortly thereafter, though, he became part of the county's most notorious moment in history: the Moore's Ford Bridge lynchings of July 25, 1946.
His role is chronicled in "Fire in a Canebrake: the Last Mass Lynching in America," Laura Wexler's book about the mob killings of two black couples that drew international attention and steeled President Harry Truman's resolve to do something about civil rights.
The funeral for Boyzie Z. Daniels, 91, who died of prostate cancer at his Monroe residence Saturday, is noon today at Lighthouse World Outreach Center. Jackson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Rev. Daniels was living on land owned by his in-laws when he attended the Walton County Civic League organizational meeting in April 1946. He committed to contacting every black man and woman in his Blasingame district eligible to vote to encourage them to register.
"That is one reason my Daddy was able to take a chance. We were not sharecroppers," said his daughter Bettye Griggs of Decatur. "He was very stout-hearted, but he was very respected by white people."
The Rev. Daniels went farm to farm to persuade his neighbors to register to vote before the July 17, 1946, primary election. "He would talk to people at church and whenever he had a chance around town," Ms. Griggs said.
Out of 389 black people in his district, he could convince only 12 to register, according to Ms. Wexler's book.
As for the lynchings, in July 1946, the Rev. Daniels had gone to town to buy his wife a pressure cooker, his daughter said. He saw Roger Malcom, a black tenant farmer, outside the jail and shook his hand. With Mr. Malcom were his common-law wife, Dorothy Dorsey, and George and Mae Murray Dorsey.
"He was the last black to see them alive," Ms. Griggs said of her father.
Mr. Malcom had been jailed for stabbing his boss, who was white. He was bailed out of jail by another white man whom the two couples thought was driving them home. Their journey ended at Moore's Ford Bridge over the Apalachee River, where a mob of white men stopped the car and murdered the four black men and women.
The Rev. Daniels was called to testify before the grand jury investigating the massacre and was repeatedly interviewed by the FBI, Ms. Griggs said. The investigation remains open.
By the mid-1950s, the Rev. Daniels had bought 17 acres to become one of only 47 black landowners in the county at the time, his daughter said. He preached on Sundays for 61 years, drove a school bus, was a carpenter and worked his farm.
He planted 10 acres of vegetables and was on his tractor tending his garden until a few months ago, said another daughter, Eleanor Scott of Stone Mountain. "He allowed anyone to pick veggies," she said. "He's been feeding people for years out of his garden."
"He did everything up till four months ago," Ms. Griggs said. "He was still driving his '99 Cadillac that he paid for cash."
For his lifelong service to Monroe and Walton County, the Rev. Daniels had been presented an Unsung Heroes award by the Walton Tribune. Neither that award nor being in a book impressed him all that much, Ms. Griggs said.
"He was never too excited about anything that honored him," she said.
Survivors other than his two daughters include his wife, Mattie Lene Daniels; a son, Charles Edward Daniels of Monroe; two stepdaughters, Gloria Penn and Marilyn Thomas, both of Decatur; 13 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
© 2007 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on July 12, 2007
By KAY POWELL
Sharecroppers and tenant farmers were Boyzie Daniels' neighbors in the 1940s. The Baptist minister was determined to help his Walton County neighbors secure the right to vote.
Alone, registering black people to vote in April 1946 was enough to place him in the county's history. Shortly thereafter, though, he became part of the county's most notorious moment in history: the Moore's Ford Bridge lynchings of July 25, 1946.
His role is chronicled in "Fire in a Canebrake: the Last Mass Lynching in America," Laura Wexler's book about the mob killings of two black couples that drew international attention and steeled President Harry Truman's resolve to do something about civil rights.
The funeral for Boyzie Z. Daniels, 91, who died of prostate cancer at his Monroe residence Saturday, is noon today at Lighthouse World Outreach Center. Jackson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Rev. Daniels was living on land owned by his in-laws when he attended the Walton County Civic League organizational meeting in April 1946. He committed to contacting every black man and woman in his Blasingame district eligible to vote to encourage them to register.
"That is one reason my Daddy was able to take a chance. We were not sharecroppers," said his daughter Bettye Griggs of Decatur. "He was very stout-hearted, but he was very respected by white people."
The Rev. Daniels went farm to farm to persuade his neighbors to register to vote before the July 17, 1946, primary election. "He would talk to people at church and whenever he had a chance around town," Ms. Griggs said.
Out of 389 black people in his district, he could convince only 12 to register, according to Ms. Wexler's book.
As for the lynchings, in July 1946, the Rev. Daniels had gone to town to buy his wife a pressure cooker, his daughter said. He saw Roger Malcom, a black tenant farmer, outside the jail and shook his hand. With Mr. Malcom were his common-law wife, Dorothy Dorsey, and George and Mae Murray Dorsey.
"He was the last black to see them alive," Ms. Griggs said of her father.
Mr. Malcom had been jailed for stabbing his boss, who was white. He was bailed out of jail by another white man whom the two couples thought was driving them home. Their journey ended at Moore's Ford Bridge over the Apalachee River, where a mob of white men stopped the car and murdered the four black men and women.
The Rev. Daniels was called to testify before the grand jury investigating the massacre and was repeatedly interviewed by the FBI, Ms. Griggs said. The investigation remains open.
By the mid-1950s, the Rev. Daniels had bought 17 acres to become one of only 47 black landowners in the county at the time, his daughter said. He preached on Sundays for 61 years, drove a school bus, was a carpenter and worked his farm.
He planted 10 acres of vegetables and was on his tractor tending his garden until a few months ago, said another daughter, Eleanor Scott of Stone Mountain. "He allowed anyone to pick veggies," she said. "He's been feeding people for years out of his garden."
"He did everything up till four months ago," Ms. Griggs said. "He was still driving his '99 Cadillac that he paid for cash."
For his lifelong service to Monroe and Walton County, the Rev. Daniels had been presented an Unsung Heroes award by the Walton Tribune. Neither that award nor being in a book impressed him all that much, Ms. Griggs said.
"He was never too excited about anything that honored him," she said.
Survivors other than his two daughters include his wife, Mattie Lene Daniels; a son, Charles Edward Daniels of Monroe; two stepdaughters, Gloria Penn and Marilyn Thomas, both of Decatur; 13 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
© 2007 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on July 12, 2007
II Timothy 4:6-7 - The Life of Reverend Boyzie B. Z. Daniels The Reverend B. Z. Daniels was born in Walnut Grove, Walton County, Georgia on September 15th, 1915. He was preceded in death by his mother, Ms. Fannie Mae Daniels, and a sister, Mrs. Susie Jackson and a host of other relatives. He made Bethany Baptist Church his home and was called into the ministry at an early age. Preaching the word of God at age 22, he grew strong in Christian ethics. His ordination service was held in June of 1946 at his home church, Bethany. He pastored many churches since accepting his to Chestnut Grove Baptist Church at age 24: Smith Chapel(20+ years), Appaalchee Shoals (61 years), Grissom Grove, Gum Springs, Mt. Enon, Carter's Hill, Friendship in Loganville (49 years), Corinth in Social Circle, and Lyonsville (13 years) Missionary Baptist Churches. Under his dedicated leadership, he had over 20 sons and daughters in the ministry currently active in various churches throughout Georgia with 12 who originated from Appalachee Shoals Missionary Baptist Church. While pastoring, he always maintained other occupations. He retired from the Walton County Board of Education as a school bus driver after over 25 years of service, worked as a licensed carpenter, and diligent farmer. His humble, generous spirit of giving, love for people and hard work as a gardener, earned him the Walton Hometown HeronAward. He also has been honored with proclamations from Barrow and Walton County Mayors, He promoted community and church partnerships through continuous service and memberships in various ironstone: Walton County Civi League, Benevolent Lodge, Masonic Lodge, and Walton County Ministerial Alliance, local school PTA's, etc. His service in the Northwestern Baptist Association (now know as the Greater Northwestern Baptist Assoc.) is most notable and worthy of numerous recognitions down through the years. Under Moderator H. H. Forts on, he was elected First Vice Moderator of the NWBA. He served that position faithfully for 44 years under Moderators; Rev. E. T. Smith, Rev. C. T. Hester, and Rev. L. D. Sims. He continued to remain active as First Vice Moderator Emeritus along with the Appalachee Shoals Church where he successfully pastored for 61 years.His community activism was captured in a book, Fire In A Cane Brake by Laura Wexler, depicting his involvement in civil right and justice for blacks in Walton County in 1946x Rev. Daniels attend school in Walton County, Athens Technical School, and numerous symposiums, workshops, and training related to Christian Education and Pastoral Leadership. B. Z. conducted many formal, informal, and individual training sessions tailored for the occasion on Life as a Christian, Counselor, Pastor, Marriage, zinging Hymns the "old fashioned" way and moral values.Every conversation with him provided life enrichment as he always humorously shared powerful insights and spiritual nuggets in loving get stern way to jog one's mind and change their life forever. As a devoted, loving husband and father he leaves to mourn his wife of 37 years, Mrs. Mattie Lene Daniels, four daughters, Ms. Bettye Griggs, Minister Eleanor D. (Clarence) Scott, Ms. Gloria B. Penn, Mrs. Marilyn I. (Jimmy L.) Thomas, one son, Charles E. Daniels, 13 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren, sister in laws - Mrs. Gennie Lou Boyce, Mrs. Ruby Nell Still, Mrs. Jeanette (Otis) Byrd, and Mrs. Lowvine S. Thompson, and a host of nieces, nephews, and extended family. He was a legend, a child of the King, who is definitely already missed. Funeral Service were held Thursday, July 12th, 2097 at 12:00 Noon at the Lighthouse World Outreach Center, Rev. Raymond Hardy, Pastor, Rev. Bishop W. J. Mosley, Eulogist.∼MONROE: Boyzie Daniels, preacher, pushed black voting rights
By KAY POWELL
Sharecroppers and tenant farmers were Boyzie Daniels' neighbors in the 1940s. The Baptist minister was determined to help his Walton County neighbors secure the right to vote.
Alone, registering black people to vote in April 1946 was enough to place him in the county's history. Shortly thereafter, though, he became part of the county's most notorious moment in history: the Moore's Ford Bridge lynchings of July 25, 1946.
His role is chronicled in "Fire in a Canebrake: the Last Mass Lynching in America," Laura Wexler's book about the mob killings of two black couples that drew international attention and steeled President Harry Truman's resolve to do something about civil rights.
The funeral for Boyzie Z. Daniels, 91, who died of prostate cancer at his Monroe residence Saturday, is noon today at Lighthouse World Outreach Center. Jackson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Rev. Daniels was living on land owned by his in-laws when he attended the Walton County Civic League organizational meeting in April 1946. He committed to contacting every black man and woman in his Blasingame district eligible to vote to encourage them to register.
"That is one reason my Daddy was able to take a chance. We were not sharecroppers," said his daughter Bettye Griggs of Decatur. "He was very stout-hearted, but he was very respected by white people."
The Rev. Daniels went farm to farm to persuade his neighbors to register to vote before the July 17, 1946, primary election. "He would talk to people at church and whenever he had a chance around town," Ms. Griggs said.
Out of 389 black people in his district, he could convince only 12 to register, according to Ms. Wexler's book.
As for the lynchings, in July 1946, the Rev. Daniels had gone to town to buy his wife a pressure cooker, his daughter said. He saw Roger Malcom, a black tenant farmer, outside the jail and shook his hand. With Mr. Malcom were his common-law wife, Dorothy Dorsey, and George and Mae Murray Dorsey.
"He was the last black to see them alive," Ms. Griggs said of her father.
Mr. Malcom had been jailed for stabbing his boss, who was white. He was bailed out of jail by another white man whom the two couples thought was driving them home. Their journey ended at Moore's Ford Bridge over the Apalachee River, where a mob of white men stopped the car and murdered the four black men and women.
The Rev. Daniels was called to testify before the grand jury investigating the massacre and was repeatedly interviewed by the FBI, Ms. Griggs said. The investigation remains open.
By the mid-1950s, the Rev. Daniels had bought 17 acres to become one of only 47 black landowners in the county at the time, his daughter said. He preached on Sundays for 61 years, drove a school bus, was a carpenter and worked his farm.
He planted 10 acres of vegetables and was on his tractor tending his garden until a few months ago, said another daughter, Eleanor Scott of Stone Mountain. "He allowed anyone to pick veggies," she said. "He's been feeding people for years out of his garden."
"He did everything up till four months ago," Ms. Griggs said. "He was still driving his '99 Cadillac that he paid for cash."
For his lifelong service to Monroe and Walton County, the Rev. Daniels had been presented an Unsung Heroes award by the Walton Tribune. Neither that award nor being in a book impressed him all that much, Ms. Griggs said.
"He was never too excited about anything that honored him," she said.
Survivors other than his two daughters include his wife, Mattie Lene Daniels; a son, Charles Edward Daniels of Monroe; two stepdaughters, Gloria Penn and Marilyn Thomas, both of Decatur; 13 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
© 2007 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on July 12, 2007
By KAY POWELL
Sharecroppers and tenant farmers were Boyzie Daniels' neighbors in the 1940s. The Baptist minister was determined to help his Walton County neighbors secure the right to vote.
Alone, registering black people to vote in April 1946 was enough to place him in the county's history. Shortly thereafter, though, he became part of the county's most notorious moment in history: the Moore's Ford Bridge lynchings of July 25, 1946.
His role is chronicled in "Fire in a Canebrake: the Last Mass Lynching in America," Laura Wexler's book about the mob killings of two black couples that drew international attention and steeled President Harry Truman's resolve to do something about civil rights.
The funeral for Boyzie Z. Daniels, 91, who died of prostate cancer at his Monroe residence Saturday, is noon today at Lighthouse World Outreach Center. Jackson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Rev. Daniels was living on land owned by his in-laws when he attended the Walton County Civic League organizational meeting in April 1946. He committed to contacting every black man and woman in his Blasingame district eligible to vote to encourage them to register.
"That is one reason my Daddy was able to take a chance. We were not sharecroppers," said his daughter Bettye Griggs of Decatur. "He was very stout-hearted, but he was very respected by white people."
The Rev. Daniels went farm to farm to persuade his neighbors to register to vote before the July 17, 1946, primary election. "He would talk to people at church and whenever he had a chance around town," Ms. Griggs said.
Out of 389 black people in his district, he could convince only 12 to register, according to Ms. Wexler's book.
As for the lynchings, in July 1946, the Rev. Daniels had gone to town to buy his wife a pressure cooker, his daughter said. He saw Roger Malcom, a black tenant farmer, outside the jail and shook his hand. With Mr. Malcom were his common-law wife, Dorothy Dorsey, and George and Mae Murray Dorsey.
"He was the last black to see them alive," Ms. Griggs said of her father.
Mr. Malcom had been jailed for stabbing his boss, who was white. He was bailed out of jail by another white man whom the two couples thought was driving them home. Their journey ended at Moore's Ford Bridge over the Apalachee River, where a mob of white men stopped the car and murdered the four black men and women.
The Rev. Daniels was called to testify before the grand jury investigating the massacre and was repeatedly interviewed by the FBI, Ms. Griggs said. The investigation remains open.
By the mid-1950s, the Rev. Daniels had bought 17 acres to become one of only 47 black landowners in the county at the time, his daughter said. He preached on Sundays for 61 years, drove a school bus, was a carpenter and worked his farm.
He planted 10 acres of vegetables and was on his tractor tending his garden until a few months ago, said another daughter, Eleanor Scott of Stone Mountain. "He allowed anyone to pick veggies," she said. "He's been feeding people for years out of his garden."
"He did everything up till four months ago," Ms. Griggs said. "He was still driving his '99 Cadillac that he paid for cash."
For his lifelong service to Monroe and Walton County, the Rev. Daniels had been presented an Unsung Heroes award by the Walton Tribune. Neither that award nor being in a book impressed him all that much, Ms. Griggs said.
"He was never too excited about anything that honored him," she said.
Survivors other than his two daughters include his wife, Mattie Lene Daniels; a son, Charles Edward Daniels of Monroe; two stepdaughters, Gloria Penn and Marilyn Thomas, both of Decatur; 13 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
© 2007 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on July 12, 2007
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