Lauretha Lovette McDaniel was born on April 20, 1936, in Milan, Tennessee.  She was one of five children born to L.B. and Laura Burns.

She attended the Gibson County Training School in Milan and graduated in 1953 at the age of 17.  She was the Valedictorian of the class, and her family was so very proud of her.  On August 24, 1956, she married Nathaniel McDaniel and moved to Cleveland, Ohio to start a life together.  To this union one child, Michael, was born.  She remained faithfully married to Nathaniel for some 62 years and was a devoted caregiver, first for Michael who passed away on December 25, 2000, and finally for Nathaniel until his death on December 22, 2018.

Affectionately known as “Honey” by her family and “Sister” by some of her friends, Lauretha loved to watch game shows, she loved good food, especially Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), she loved sweets, and she loved her family, both immediate and extended.  She also enjoyed taking trips to Tennessee every year with her husband Nathaniel and her brother George.  For many years those trips were a special tradition that they shared together.

On June 1, 1950, she dedicated her life to Jehovah and symbolized that dedication by water baptism, thereby becoming one of Jehovah’s Witnesses She was a faithful follower of Jehovah.  She worked part time and engaged in the ministry when she could. She even opened her home for meetings to be conducted there.  And although her husband Nathaniel was not one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, he supported her in her service to God and later in his life began studying the Bible himself. She stayed faithful to Jehovah for the next 76 years.

After a brief stint with illness, she fell asleep in death on September 28, 2026.

She was preceded in death by her husband Nathaniel McDaniel, her son Micheal, her brothers: Thomas Burns, George Burns, and Leon Burns, and her sister: Essie Bea Burns Luten.  She leaves to cherish her memory her nieces: Alecia Henderson, Terra Burns, Deborah Williams and Arlene Hill, nephew: Thomas Luten, Sister-in-laws: Diane Burns and Lou Burns, extended family: Patricia Thompson, Robert and Anita Barnes, Roosevelt “Danny” Barnes, Sherri Weaver, Victor and Tammy Barnett, Molly Morrow, Brenda Foster, a host of other family members, spiritual brothers and sisters that loved her dearly, and a worldwide brotherhood.