Christinea Yvette McDaniel

She was born 9 December 1983 in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Trudi James and Joseph Smith. She was the second oldest of 5 siblings.

On March 4, 2002 Christinea gave birth to her first child Darryl Kamaya McDaniel. On July 25, 2002 she married her high school sweetheart and the love of her life Darryl McDaniel Jr in Smithfield, North Carolina.

At that moment she started serving the Army as an active duty military spouse. On September 1, 2004 she gave birth to her second son Tayshaun Dominic McDaniel. Her third and final son Akyvah Kai-Liam McDaniel came August 10, 2009.

Rina lived in Arizona from March 2003 to November 2009. From Arizona she moved to Heidelberg, Germany in which she lived from December 2009 to December 2012. She moved to Killeen, Texas on December 31, 2012.

Christinea is survived by her sons Darryl Kamaya McDaniel, Tayshaun Dominc McDaniel and Akyvah Kai-Liam McDaniel; her husband Darryl McDaniel Jr; her parents Trudi James and Joseph Smith Sr; siblings Joseph Smith Jr, Regina Smith, Lindsay Jefferies and Drew Hockaday.

The McDaniel family will receive guests for a time of visitation on Sunday, January 25, 2015 from 6-8 PM at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home of Killeen. Funeral services will be held on Monday, January 26, 2015 at 10:00 AM in the chapel of Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home of Killeen. Burial will follow in the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery.