Lisa Gay Daniels

Lisa Gay Daniels, 65, of Atlantic, North Carolina, passed away peacefully at Duke University Hospital on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, due to cancer.

A funeral service to honor Lisa’s life will be held at 5 p.m., Sunday, February 15th at Atlantic United Methodist Church, officiated by Rev. Ken McCoy. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. For those unable to attend, the funeral service can be viewed through her obituary page on Munden Funeral Home’s website.

Lisa Daniels was born on August 26, 1960, and has been greeting the world, and everyone in it, with a smile ever since. Married to her best friend, Wolf, for 45 years, Lisa was an avid world traveler, coffee aficionado and lover of adventure.

Sissy, as she was affectionately known to family, always embraced the whimsical. She loved to be surrounded by nature, with two green thumbs and a heart that animals gravitated towards. Known for her work with the elderly in the Atlantic community, she worked for years at Snug Harbor and as a private aide. She loved hot tea, good food, and her little shih tzu, Mabeline, was the light of her life.

Lisa was invaluable when it came to raising her beloved nieces, and the impact she made cannot be expressed in words. Sissy was our voice of reason, our beacon of kindness, and our example of how to be helpful no matter what the circumstances.

She loved flowers, had a legendary garden, and always had music playing. Lisa was a beautiful baker with a delicate hand for cake and gingerbread house decorating, a moving photographer, and a spirited painter. A lover of all things that sparkle and a fan of sailing, Sissy loved spending time surrounded by her family, which was how she spent her last days-surrounded by love.

Lisa leaves behind a family who loved her to no end. She is survived by her sister Keelie Kimmons (and husband Kirk), brother Kenneth "Chip" Daniels (and wife Toni), and their respective children, children's spouses, and grandchildren - Megan, Lela, Zach, Autumn, Jolie, Brenna, Bricen, Adelyn, Gracelyn, Ayden and Kenna.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Carteret County Humane Society.

Family and friends are welcome to submit online condolences at www.mundenfuneralhome.net.

Arrangements by Munden Funeral Home & Crematory in Morehead City, NC.