Daniel Alan Cole, 66, died on July 31, 2025, near his home in Grand Prairie. He was born on July 25, 1959, in Dallas, to Donald Wallace Cole and Gracie Lee Salmon. He lived in Farmers Branch until the age of four, when his family moved to California. He was a graduate of Yucaipa High School. Soon after graduation, he returned to Farmers Branch to begin a career. He began selling foreign car parts for British Automotive in Dallas and later owned and operated his own foreign car parts store until he retired. He loved attending concerts and jogged six days a week before his workouts. On rainy days he walked in a nearby mall where the seniors getting in their steps named him “The Rainy Day Man!”
Mr. Cole is survived by his siblings, David Cole of Menominee, Michigan, Gary and Teresa of Honolulu, Hawaii, and Lynda Rose of Point.