On June 27, 2026, Robert Vincent McDaniel, Jr. was called home to be with the Lord after a brief illness. Robert, affectionately known as Vince to his Hemphill people, was born on June 1, 1964, in Hemphill, Texas to Robert and Mary (Mitchell) McDaniel.  Vince attended Hemphill ISD and graduated in 1982.  He grew up attending East Mayfield Baptist Church, where he turned his life over to Christ at a young age.  The people of East Mayfield Baptist Church were his second family and shaped his lifelong love of the piano, which he would play there, in high school, and in years to come when he had the opportunity.

Vince went on to have various jobs in the medical field, starting with respiratory therapy in Jacksonville, Texas and transitioned to phlebotomy and specimen diagnostics where he worked for Quest Diagnostics for 21 years prior to his death.  over the years, he lived in a few places and settled in Kountze, Texas in the last several years.

Vince was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Mary (Mitchell) McDaniel, Sr., grandparents, Norman and Verdie (Smith) McDaniel and James and Dorothy (Richter) Mitchell.

Vince leaves behind his siblings, sister and brother-in-law, Laurie (McDaniel & Steve Paulson of Kane, PA and brother and sister-in-law, Richard & Rene McDaniel of Henderson, TX; niece and husband, Erin (Paulson) & Hunter Olsen of Erie, PA and niece, Preslee McDaniel, of Henderson, TX.  Vince also leaves behind numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and dear friends, too numerous to list.

Visitation is scheduled from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thursday, July 2, 2026, at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street in Hemphill.

Funeral services will begin at 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 3, 2026, at Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Floyd Wright officiating.

Burial will follow services in Oakhill Cemetery.  Serving as pallbearers are Richard Weathersby, Jamie Williams, Steve Paulson, Wade Jordan, Reese McGraw and William Cantrell.

Vince suggested before he passed that any monetary donations be designated to East Mayfield Baptist Church, earmarked for their music/choir programs.

Memories and condolences may be shared at starrfuneralhome.com.