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This memorial website was created in the memory of our loved one, Daniel Johnson, 43, born on October 28, 1968 and passed away on June 8, 2012. We will remember him forever.

This site has been created to celebrate Daniel's life and to honor his memory.  Please contribute any and all memories,stories, pictures, videos that you would like to share.  This will also evntually be an online "Living Memory Book" for Amanda when she is old enough so she can know how wonderful her father was and how he touched all of our lives.

Please also share this with others and invite them to share their memories so we can keep Daniel's flame eternal.

Thanks and much love to you all.

Aimee

October 28, 2023
October 28, 2023
Happy 55th Birthday, Daniel. You are still remembered. Enjoy your day with Emily and your mom.
Love,
Aunt Carole
October 29, 2020
October 29, 2020
Happy 52nd in heaven Daniel. Miss you! Give Mike a hug!
Jarrett
October 28, 2020
October 28, 2020
Happy 50th Birthday big brother. We sure miss you. Know you and Emily are tearing up Heaven today. Love and miss you. Meredith
October 28, 2020
October 28, 2020
Happy 52nd Birthday, Daniel. Have some cake with Emily.
Aunt Carole
October 29, 2019
October 29, 2019
Daniel, my first nephew, how I adore you—just never got enough time to see you with your mom and dad moving around so much in the early days. I remember how you adored your little sister when she came along when I visited in Boston and going to zoo in Hattiesburg. Before we knew it, Nathan was here and you had a brother. Fun times when Alice came to visit with the three of you. Now, I’m enjoying Amanda. She’s smart as a whip and a bit stubborn and competitive—now who does that sound like? Missing you, Aunt Meredith
October 28, 2019
October 28, 2019
Happy 51st Birthday, Daniel. Looking at all of the pictures of you really made me a little sad. We do miss you. You and Emily have a piece of "Heavenly Birthday Cake" to celebrate!
Aunt Carole
October 28, 2019
October 28, 2019
Ironic that you were in a dream I had last night. Happy birthday! Still miss you all the time!
June 8, 2019
June 8, 2019
Daniel. I think of you all the time and miss you just as often. I was thinking about the Easter you brought Amanda to David and Alice’s. We took her to see the baby goats and fed them with the bottle! Such a wonderful time with everyone and you Smile was back! I will always think of you on a silver sailboat. Sail On, Daniel. You are always in our hearts. Aunt Becky
June 8, 2019
June 8, 2019
You are never forgotten. All throughout the year I remember you.
October 28, 2018
October 28, 2018
Happy birthday in heaven Daniel. You are forever missed and never forgotten.
October 29, 2017
October 29, 2017
I’ve included some current adorable photos of Amanda. She is following in Daniel’s footsteps: Amanda is cute, bright, and enjoys attention. She is so much like her Daddy. Daniel would be proud!
June 9, 2017
June 9, 2017
It is had for me to realize it has been 5 years. I miss you every day and talk to you in my own way. Know you are in a better place, but still miss you.
Mom
June 8, 2017
June 8, 2017
It is hard to believe it has been 5 years since you pasted my friend. We love and miss you! I miss our conversations and your friendship. I know you are in a better place but your memories will last forever. We all hope Amanda and Emily are well. I hope Amanda knows what a great father you were and how much you loved her. I will be happy to tell her for you one day if I have the chance.
Much love!!

Your friend,

Howie
Mike Howard
October 28, 2016
October 28, 2016
You are always in my heart and miss you every day. Love you very much.
Mom
October 28, 2016
October 28, 2016
Dear Golden Child, you will always be missed and loved in the hearts of so many!!! I know you are the Angel on Amanda's shoulder! Love always from Becky and Barry
June 9, 2016
June 9, 2016
I miss you! I know you would be proud of my accomplishments this year. I think about you often and miss you. I am going to see one of your favorite bands this weekend and I will be thinking about you and missing you a lot!
Jarrett
June 9, 2016
June 9, 2016
Daniel, you are still so special to all who love you! I have so many memories of you as a tiny baby, a curly haired toddler and grown up to be a fine young man and the best father!!! I know you are surrounded by those who have gone on to another life. Becky and Barry
June 8, 2016
June 8, 2016
Missing you today . Each year gets a little easier not having you with us until one of my kids reaches a milestone or is celebrating something good or struggling with something challenging. That is when I want and miss you the most - so you can witness these triumphs and the defeats. Then I realize you are with us already ---in spirit- laughing and crying with us. Miss you Daniel.
Xxoo - Meredith
June 8, 2016
June 8, 2016
Daniella and I were talking about you today and remembering you fondly, Daniel. We continue to miss you...
Aimee
June 8, 2016
June 8, 2016
It is hard to believe another year has passed without you. It does not get easier. You are forever with me,
Mom
October 28, 2015
October 28, 2015
We were thinking of you as you are getting older! Have a Happy Birthday in Heaven. Give Emily a hug from us.

Aunt Carole and Uncle Golson
October 28, 2015
October 28, 2015
Happy Birthday, dearest Daniel. I know you didn't like celebrating your birthday as it made you feel older, but you loved the fuss we made over it and you anyway! Much love, Aimee
October 28, 2015
October 28, 2015
Missing you today big brother! Although we still see/think/hear of you a lot, it is not the same. However, we were laughing about you this morning. The time Matt rode with you to Burnsville; he was hoping to get a little rest. Nope. You talked the whole way - - 9 hours. Miss and love you.
Meredith
October 28, 2015
October 28, 2015
Daniel, you were like my first baby because your mother and I were together so much at Granny and Pop's that first Summer! What a sweet beautiful baby! The first time I saw Amanda, my heart stopped!! She looks just like you!!! You were so well loved by your family and friends! I miss you.. Aunt Becky
October 28, 2015
October 28, 2015
I have been thinking of you every day and have said a prayer. You will be forever missed by me. You know you were my first! I will always love you.
Mom
June 9, 2015
June 9, 2015
I am sharing something I ran across. I don't know who wrote it, but it reflects my feelings of loss of a loved one. I continue to talk to my parents sometimes as if they are in the same room as I talk to Daniel when walking to my sister's house across the field where I see him stooping to talk to his daughter. Daniel was my first nephew. I adored him as a child, attended his baptism, his first wedding, and had the opportunity to spend his last Easter with him as I saw what a wonderful father he had become. He continues to live in all of us.
                   All is well.
Death is nothing at all.  It does not count.  I have only slipped away into the next room.  Nothing has happened.  Everything remains exactly as it was.  I am I, and you are you, and the old life we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged. Whatever we were together, that we are still.  Call me by the old familiar name.  Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.  Put no difference into your tone.  Where no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.  Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.  Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.  Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it.  Life means all that it ever meant.  It is the same as it ever was.  There is absolute and unbroken continuity.  What is this death but a negligible accident?  Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?  I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner.  All is well.
June 8, 2015
June 8, 2015
Wow - - three years have gone by. We sure miss you. There are times that we all feel you with us and that is a blessing. We wish you were with us physically, sharing in our experiences and of course, being with Amanda. Miss you big brother. Love, Meredith
June 8, 2015
June 8, 2015
You are in so many hearts today and forever. So many memories and such a legacy in Amanda. Somewhere you are sailing happily in the sun and warm breezes.
June 8, 2015
June 8, 2015
Thinking of you today, Daniel, knowing that you are at a place of peace that you would never leave if you could.  I surely hope you and Emily are looking down today at us and realize how much you are loved and missed.

Aunt Carole
June 8, 2015
June 8, 2015
Daniel,think of you every day; especially today. We love you and miss you.
October 28, 2014
October 28, 2014
Daniel, I am thinking of you today as I do every day in some way. I will always remember your birthdays that we shared together and how you didn't like celebrating your birthday the morning of, but by the evening you were all for it! And how Alice's pound cake was your favorite. And so, here's to another birthday, Blue Eyes, we miss you and wish you were with us. Love, Aimee
October 28, 2014
October 28, 2014
Happy Birthday Big Brother. We are sure missing you daily, but especially today. We were over in Alexandria over the weekend and I was pointing out places where I know you used to go or where we would meet up with you for dinner. I miss you so, but know you are no longer in pain and in a much better place. It is not fair, but I know it is truth. love and miss - - Meredith
September 24, 2014
September 24, 2014
I'm just checking in to let you know that I'm thinking of you. It's been a long year for me...many many times I have thought about you. You are greatly missed Daniel.
June 8, 2014
June 8, 2014
I am thinking of you today, Daniel, and all of your family. I think of you often, as well as our Emily. I bet the two of you have had some conversations--especially with Granddaddy Wentworth! I made a memory book for Amanda with pictures of you and your family and friends throughout all of your years so she can always remember you.
Love,
Aunt Carole
June 8, 2014
June 8, 2014
It is a hard year for me without you. You will always be my first child.
You will always be with me. This year hs been hard for me.
Love you always.
Mom
June 8, 2014
June 8, 2014
It was 2 years ago today. As it has been getting warmer here, I remembered being down in Norfolk saying goodbye to you, asking you to let go so you would not be in pain anymore. I so wish you were here - -the old Daniel healthy, happy and full of life. But I am at peace that you are at peace finally big brother. Miss you - - Meredith
December 24, 2013
December 24, 2013
Merry Christmas. I was thinking about you and your family this morning. I miss you.
Jarrett
November 16, 2013
November 16, 2013
How Daniel loved to talk---all you did is just have to start him off. He then had the floor, except with his cousin, Buddy, and I am sure there are others also. I was only able to share moments in his life. I loved how he said Aunt Meredith. I took several trips to see him as he grew up, and Alice and David were faithful about there trips to Mississippi.  I will finish later!!!
October 28, 2013
October 28, 2013
Happy Birthday, Daniel. I treasure all the birthdays I was able to spend with you and the celebrations we had while we were together. I always loved sharing a birth year with you.
Love you always,
Aimee
October 28, 2013
October 28, 2013
I can't believe today you have been 45 years old. We all continue to miss you and grieve for the times we did not get to have. Although, your "Daniel" magic emerges sometimes - whether it is a look or saying one my kids reveal or a double rainbow that is suddenly observed -- we know you are with us always. Happy Birthday Brother.
October 28, 2013
October 28, 2013
I can not forget today,the day you were born. You will be forever in my heart and thoughts.
Mom
October 28, 2013
October 28, 2013
Happy 45th birthday, Daniel! You are certainly missed and thought of often.
Much Love,
Aunt Carole
October 28, 2013
October 28, 2013
I had a great laugh a few years ago as I was sitting with Mike Howard and got on his phone and texted Daniel to wish him a happy birthday. I can't repeat what it was I said on here, but it was funny and Daniel knew right away who had gotten hold of Mike's cell phone!!! I think of Daniel all the time and know he is with each and everyone of us he left behind. I feel it.
August 15, 2013
August 15, 2013
This second year has been very difficult. My sister Carole said it might be that way. We will be with Amanda for her birthday party on August 25 and will tell her you love her as much aw we do.
July 24, 2013
July 24, 2013
Thank all of you coming on July 1. It was wonderful seeing all of you and hearing stories. Daniel appreciates your love as I do.
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October 28, 2023
October 28, 2023
Happy 55th Birthday, Daniel. You are still remembered. Enjoy your day with Emily and your mom.
Love,
Aunt Carole
October 29, 2020
October 29, 2020
Happy 52nd in heaven Daniel. Miss you! Give Mike a hug!
Jarrett
Recent stories

Senior Prom 1987

December 30, 2012

This picture was taken at a friends home in Lynchburg. Daniel was my date to my senior prom. It was a great night. Started out w/ dinner, then to prom, followed by an after party at our friend Sara's home. The next day we got up early to go to a beach music festival that head lined Jan and Dean in Roanoke, VA. What a great weekend. Just last year I asked Daniel if he remembered going to see Jan and Dean and he did. 

Senior year at VES

December 30, 2012

I love this picture of Daniel. I just found an old box of pictures that had been in storage and found this one in a frame. What a gorgeous boy! 

Childhood Friend Who Shared the Same Name

September 16, 2012

I’m a childhood friend of Daniel’s. Growing up we played at each other’s house so much so we thought sleep-overs should be allowed - never mind the fact that he was a boy and I was a girl. Needless to say at 13 or 14 that was not allowed.

But, what made our friendship so fun was that we also shared the same name. I’m Daniella, and in those years, even had the same last initial of “J.” You’ll see us in old yearbooks sitting not too far away from each other.

As a young dude Daniel had charm, so much so I broke up with his best bud to be his girlfriend and was horrified later in life to learn I’d done that to a "bromance." Despite, you’ll see the two guys together in a photo at my house with me there too at the bottom of the page. So, we three obviously got along for a good many years.

Daniel’s best bud at the time was Brandon, who seems to have forgiven us but, recently reminded me, that he hadn’t forgotten the heartbreak. He also reminded me that he and Daniel liked to roam the streets at night and steal street signs. Silly boys they were but they were the best a girl could ask for! We all used to go to the Naro movie theater and drink beer in the back of the theater, unbeknownst to our parents.

So, we made it through our tweens and teens together. We picked up the fabulous Mike Meeks along the way and then on to college we all went. Fabulously so, Daniel and I both went to colleges in Richmond. By this time, Daniel had become more like a brother to me than a boyfriend, and I remember he and I having fabulous times at parties his fraternity hosted. We sure lived it up. Not a dull day that is for sure.

While the years after college separated us, he still remained in my great-friends-of-all-time category. Distance and time never gets in the way of good friends. I always felt life was good because he was in it. He played a major role in my growing up years and is like family to me. I assumed he’d always be there, and I thought I’d run into him at some point in time…and then suddenly its many years later and here we are!  

Sadly I learned of Daniel’s illness too late for me to find him in time to hold his hand in his last days, which I would have done in a heartbeat. I love him dearly and knowing he’s not with us is a serious heartbreak. But I feel good that I celebrated his life with him as he lived it - and he lived it well with fun and with a smile.  

He was a good, kind and loving person whom I could always count on as did his other friends - and there are a ton of friends just like me who adored the heck out of this guy! They may not all appear here but they are here amongst us, and remembering Daniel as I talk here about him. We continue to celebrate his life and will talk of him always.

His parents raised a true gentleman, and I thank them for bringing him into this world. It's been a better place because Daniel was here. 

 

 

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