Julia Jones Daniels, the “professional volunteer” who led dozens of arts, history and museum groups across North Carolina, and who formed one half of Raleigh’s best known power couple while married to News & Observer publisher Frank Daniels Jr., died Saturday. She was 94.
For decades in Raleigh, Daniels either led or raised funds for Raleigh’s cultural scene, especially the N.C. Museum of Art, helping it to expand, helping it realize the uniqueness of its 164-acre campus and choosing and paying for the signature steel tree sculpture near the front entrance. She chaired the North Carolina Historical Commission when it approved the Vietnam War memorial on the Capitol grounds, showing a wounded soldier being carried out of the line of fire — still a hallowed place for veterans.
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