Daniel Moody Carnley

July 31, 1930 - April 8, 2016

Daniel Moody Carnley (Retired SFC U.S. Army) passed away peacefully at his home in Graceville on Friday, April 8, 2016. Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Monday, April 11, 2016 at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church with Rev. Chester Padgett and Rev. Don Haddan officiating. Burial to follow in church cemetery with James & Lipford Funeral Home in Graceville directing. Family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Flowers accepted or family request those wishing to make memorials to Covenant Hospice 4215 Kelson Avenue, Suite E Marianna, FL 32446. Mr. Carnley was born in Holmes County, Florida on July 31, 1930. After graduating high school and junior college, he joined the U. S. Army retiring in 1974, following 24 years of service. He served in both Korea and Vietnam receiving several medals and commendations. Predeceased by his first wife Edna Carnley, parents Cazzie and Jeanie Smith Carnley McKelvain, daughter Patricia Spence, step daughter Rachel Beasley, three brothers and three sisters. He is survived by his loving wife Deloris Carnley, Graceville: son Kenneth Carnley (Belinda), Ft. Worth , TX: brother Doward "Nick" McKelvain (Betty), Pace, FL: step-children Gary Wayne (Jeana) LaGrange, GA; Shelby Lockhart, Valley, AL; Phillip Lockhart (Vanessa), Box Springs, GA; Stephanie O'Conner (Tim), Tampa, FL, seventeen grandchildren, twenty-six great grandchildren, three great great grandchildren, a host of nieces and nephews.