Mr. A.V. Daniel was born in Kerala, India in January 1946. When he was a young man, he journeyed to Orissa in North India to work at the Rourkela Steel plant for a better life. In Orissa he married and had two children. Mr. Daniel came to Chattanooga in 1976 with just eight dollars and joined his wife who had come the previous year. He worked multiple jobs and studied at earned his degree in welding just two years after he arrived in the United States. Wanting a better life, in 1982, he and his wife launched their first business together: AVM Enterprises. He began from his garage and a yellow Datsun truck. He worked hard learning how to sell various items including towels and soaps. Many of the relationships that they made in those early years are still our best and loyal friends today. He loved to sell and had a gift in selling. His entrepreneurial spirit and passion to interact with the Indian community led him to establish a business, A.V.M. Enterprises, Inc., a nationwide hospitality and janitorial distributorship, that has touched the lives of so many people and will be his legacy for many. Through his journey in life, he trusted God. We know he has found rest in the arms of his loving Savior. He will be deeply missed and not forgotten. Living in his Legacy, AVM