Marshall Olla Daley was born on 25 February 1869 in Union Co., KY. He married
. He died on 10 November 1952 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX,
Obituary (Findagrave.com):
M. O. Daley was born February 25, 1869, in Union County, Kentucky, moving with his parents to Georgetown, Texas, November 1877, thence to Florence, Texas, December 1878, where he has since resided. He was married November 1, 1887. He and his wife were baptized August, 1889, and in February, 1890, he began preaching. His work as a preacher has been largely confined to his home congregation and the immediate section around his home. He obeyed the Gospel at Florence, and his membership has ever been with the congregation there. For ten years he has been their regular preacher. In protracted meetings he has labored in Burnett, Milam, Travis, lamar, Eastlan, Ellis, Callahan, brown, Runnels, Hill, and Bosque counties, with success--he had made several very successful debates with the Baptists and Adventists. Aside from his work of preaching, has been busy with his farm work and other business enterprises--not only is he a successful preacher, but he is also successful in business. Though for several years he has contributed but little to our papers, he is one our strongest writers. For several years he has been one of the elders in the congregation at Florence, where he is loved for his faithfulness and work. ---Gospel preacher listed in Gospel Preachers Who Blazed the Trail by C.R. Nichol, 1911, 46.
M. O. Daley
Brother M. O. Daley passed on to depart and be with Christ on Tuesday, November 11, at San Antonio, Texas. Interment is announced to be at Florence, Texas, on Thursday, November 13, at 2:30 p.m. The funeral services will be conducted at the church of Christ building by Hugh Clark and G. H. P. Showalter. One of the greatest in the kingdom of Christ is called from time to eternity in the passing of Brother Daley. The wire, message advising of his death, reached our office just as the forms were being closed for the press. Fuller details will follow in an early issue of this paper. ---G. H. P. Showalter, Firm Foundation, Nov. 18, 1952, p. 8.
Tribute to M. O. Daley
Glenn E. Green
I have only recently read or the passing of Brother M. O. Daley. I have known him for about thirty years. I think he is one of the best men I have ever known. We deeply mourn his passing. He was truly a big man in physique, in mental power, and in moral and spiritual force of character. When I was around him in my younger days I could learn more from him accidentally than I could from most men on purpose. In my estimation he was a natural philosopher and by cultivation a profound student of the Bible. He was largely self-taught and therefore accurately informed. The man who "digs out his own stumps" is bound to got well acquainted with them in the process of excavation. His writings and preaching, read and heard by thousands, are sufficient testimonials to his scriptural knowledge and mental powers. I have said I thought he was a big man in every way. I do not mean by that that I thought he was perfect any more than he thought he was perfect. All truly big men know better than that, and are keenly aware of their defects, but I do believe he was incapable or deliberately doing a little, mean or ungenerous deed. He was fair, just, forbearing and considerate of all men regardless of their attitude toward him. He was helpful without being patronizing. He knew how to praise without spoiling and to correct without discouraging. Above all else he loved the truth of God, the souls of men and the church of our Redeemer. He was happy to give and be given for them. Truly we can believe "he rests from his labors and his works do follow him." Because he has outlived most of those who knew him in his prime the good work he did among the churches is largely forgotten. Likely but few remember that during his ministry in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the early twenties, he was largely responsible for securing the old 4th and State property which laid the foundation for the past and present prosperity of the cause in this capitol city. I know because I followed him there, with maybe a year in between. It is therefore both a pleasure and a duty "To render honor to whom honor is due." Our deepest sympathy is tendered to the bereaved family. --- 1402 W. Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, Colo. Firm Foundation, December 16, 1952, p. 9.
The Passing of Brother M. O. Daley
Marshall Olla Daley was born February 25, 1869, in Union county, Kentucky. He moved with his parents in 1877 when he was about eight years old, to Florence, Texas, and maintained the old family homestead until about five years ago, which was about seventy years. He and his wife were baptized during a meeting held in Florence by Brother J. D. Tant in August of 1888. He preached his first sermon in Florence in February of 1891, and afterward preached for the church in Florence for more than twenty years. Following this, he preached for churches in San Antonio; Little Rock, Arkansas; Comanche and Hollis, Oklahoma; Brownfield and Mission, Texas, and the last eight years of his ministry was at Rock Springs, Texas, from which place he retired from regular preaching at the age of seventy-six. He has held meetings in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and of course, many in Texas. He died in San Antonio, Monday evening, November 10, at about 7:30. Survivors include a son, V. F. Daley, Boerne; four daughters, Mrs. R. E. Kirk, El Campo; Mrs. W. M. Blakey, San Antonio: Mrs. Ken Wallace, Monroe, La., and Mrs. L. P. Kleinoeder, Washington, D.C.; two grandsons and two granddaughters and two great granddaughters. Funeral services were conducted at Florence, Texas, by A. Hugh Clark and G. H. P. Showalter. The following address was delivered by Brother Daley at the Abilene Christian College Lectureship of 1951, and at the request of the family was read in its entirety to the large crowd assembled for the funeral. It was impressive in its content and solemnity. Brother Daley was one of our greatest gospel preachers, and one of my most devoted personal friends. G. H. P. Showalter, Firm Foundation, February 17, 1953, p. 8.
He was buried in November 1952 in Florence Cemetery, Florence, Williamson Co., TX, Findagrave #10741504.