Mr. Homer Daniel (Danny) James, 85, of McMinnville, died Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, at NHC Health Care Center in McMinnville. He was born Nov. 9, 1936, in Smithville, was a Baptist, retired as a mechanical engineer, served in the Tennessee Army National Guard, and was preceded in death by parents, Bobby and Wilma Moore James; and a sister, Gina Gail James.