Bessie M. Daniel of Paonia died June 18, 2001, at Delta County Memorial Hospital in Delta. She was 86. She was born in Hot Springs, Ark., on Oct. 4, 1914, to Oliver and Maude (Whitehead) Hensley. She spent her childhood in Hot Springs. She married Kenneth Daniel in Evanston, Wyo.,on June 30, 1958. She is survived by a son and his wife.