COREY AARON DANIELS SR. WAS BORN MAY 03, 1981, TO TANINE DANIELS AND THE LATE ANDRE' VINCENT GILLIAM OF FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA. COREY DANIELS SR. WAS SAVED AND BAPTIZED AT THE EARLY AGE OF SEVEN YEARS OLD. HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE CHILDREN'S MINISTRY, BEING INVOLVED IN THE CHILDREN'S CHOIR, CHILDREN'S BIBLE STUDY, AND THE IGUANA'S CLUB AT CATHEDRAL VINEYARDS MINISTRY.

COREY WAS A SCHOLAR STUDENT FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATING WITH MANY ACADEMIC AWARDS. HE CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION AT GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, RECEIVING A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN FILM PRODUCTION AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. COREY STAYED FOCUSED AND BECAME AN ENTREPRENEUR, STARTING HIS OWN COMPANY, THE CDE TV AND FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY, WHERE HE ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS A TRENDSETTER IN THE INDUSTRY. HE OBTAINED HIS FIRST MAJOR CONTRACT WITH THE ATLANTA FALCONS FOOTBALL TEAM, DOING LIVE VIDEO RECORDINGS AND EDITING AT
THE FALCONS' GAMES. AS THE BUSINESS GREW, HE TOOK ON ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS AND ALSO BECAME A TV REPORTER FOR THE GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM, REPORTING NEWS FROM THE GEORGIA STATE CAPITOL.

HE WAS A VISIONARY AND HELPED MANY OTHERS ESTABLISH THEIR OWN CAREERS AND DREAMS. WHETHER IT WAS IN THE FILM, MUSIC, OR BUSINESS INDUSTRIES, COREY PROVIDED SUPPORT AND INSPIRATION FOR OTHERS TO LAUNCH THEIR OWN VENTURES. COREY'S LIFE WAS CENTERED AROUND FAMILY, MUSIC, SINGING, MAKING OTHERS LAUGH, AND SHARING THE JOY OF THE LORD. HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS QUICK, WITTY HUMOR AND JOKEY DEMEANOR.

COREY WAS BLESSED TO HAVE SEVERAL BONUS MOMS AND DADS IN HIS LIFE WHO POURED INTO HIM REGULARLY WITH LOVE, WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING, AND VALUES ROOTED IN LIFE, FAMILY, GOD, AND RESPECT.

ON SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2025, COREY ATTENDED TWO CHURCH SERVICES. AT THE FIRST SERVICE, HE WAS EXCITED TO SING IN THE CHOIR AT SHARON BAPTIST CHURCH. HE MADE AN OPEN CONFESSION OF FAITH TO REDEDICATE HIS LIFE TO THE
LORD. LATER THAT DAY, HE VISITED PIEDMONT CHURCH OF CHRIST, WHERE HE MADE ANOTHER PUBLIC CONFESSION AND WAS BAPTIZED THAT SAME DAY. THE CHURCH FAMILY WELCOMED HIS REQUEST WITH JOY.

ON TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2025, THE LORD HEARD A LOUD CRY AND SENT HIS SPIRIT TO TOUCH COREY'S HEART AND BRING HIM HOME. WE NOW KNOW THAT COREY IS SAFE WITH THE LORD, SHOUTING AND SINGING PRAISES UNTO HIM.

COREY IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER ANDRE V. GILLIAM, AND SURVIVED BY HIS STEPMOTHER
REV. TRENNA GILLIAM, HIS PARENTS EVANGELIST TANINE D AND ELDER ANDRE' L LEONARD OF PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA. HIS SISTER MELISSA GILLIAM OF FARMVILLE, VA, HIS BROTHER KENNETH N KEENAN OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HIS THREE CHILDREN LILLIAN DANIELS, COREY DANIELS JR. (CJ), CAREY DANIELS, AND THE CHILDREN'S MOTHER MARLENE DANIELS OF DUNWOODY, GA. HIS GOD-MOTHER JOANNE FARMER OF MARYLAND. HIS SPIRITUAL GOD-MOTHER PASTOR VERALYNN CARTER OF BUFORD, GA, AND A HOST OF AUNTS, UNCLES, NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, BONUS MOMS, AND FRIENDS.