Daniel Jefferson Dunkel

Rev. Daniel Jefferson Dunkel, age 96, of Knoxville, passed away Friday December 18, 2015 at Physician’s Regional Hospital. Rev. Dunkel pastored churches in East Tennessee and North Carolina and retired from Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Maryville. For the last 15 years Rev. Dunkel was well known for his internet devotional titled PTL (Praise the Lord!) which reached people all over the world. He touched innumerable lives with his message of praising the Lord in all things. Preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Hazel Peters Dunkel; his parents Lucy and Elmore Dunkel; brother Henry Dunkle; sisters Lucille Miller and Pauline DeMarcus; and granddaughter Danita (DeeDee) Kennedy. He is survived by his children, Larry (Charlene Lamb), Dan “Butch” (Millie), Diana (Ken) Nixon, Sally (Dan) Simmone, Connie (Bruce) Warford and sister Frances Waller. He is also survived by 11 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren. Celebration of Life will be held at 3pm Sunday at Central Baptist Church of Fountain City. Family and friends will meet at 12:45pm on Monday, December 21 at Lynnhurst Cemetery in Knoxville for a 1pm Graveside Service. Officiating ministers will be Rev. Ron Mouser, Rev. Greg Long, Dr. Mike Smith and Rev. Jeff Cockerham. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to the Central Baptist Church of Fountain City Building Fund. Family will receive friends from 1-3pm on Sunday at Central Baptist Church of Fountain City.