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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Willie Frank
Davis, Sr.
December 9, 1927 – January 26, 2013
Obituary
LIFE LEGACY
Mr. Willie Frank Davis, Sr., was born December 9, 1927, in Mitchell County, Georgia to the late Mr. Henry Davis, Sr. and Mrs. Eula C. Gervin Davis.
At an early age he confessed CHRIST and united with the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church where he served on the senior usher board until his health failed.
He retired from the Alimenta Processing Corporation of Camilla, Georgia.
He was preceded in death by a son: Willie Frank Davis, Jr.; four of his siblings: Willie B. Davis, Henry Davis, Jr., Minnie Pearl Gordon, and Elijah Davis.
He departed this life on Saturday, January 26, 2013, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia.
He leaves to cherish his memories a devoted wife, Alice Jean Davis of Camilla, Georgia; four daughters, Lula Mae Knight of Camilla, Georgia, Minnie Pearl Lewis of Indianapolis, Indiana, Jacquelyn Arnold of Ellenwood, Georgia, Charlotte (Darryl) Thomas of Albany, Georgia; one son, Willie Frank (Tomeka) Davis of Americus, Georgia; a godson, Ronald D. Spence of Camilla, Georgia; grandchildren, Angela (Will) Key, Michael Knight, Roger Hodge, Latarus Swan, Shauree Davis, Monica VIcks, Kyra Davis, Kyric Frank Davis, Jamel Dobbs, Tammy Session, Ricky Session, Rodney Lewis, Ashley Lewis; twenty great grandchildren; brothers and sisters-in-law, Ophelia Davis, Howard (Ann) Redden, Jimmy Redden, Danny Redden, Rose Robinson, Margaret Harris of Camilla, Georgia, Lewis (Wilma) Redden of Detroit, Michigan, Artis (Marian) Redden of Palm Beach, Florida, Vera Sweeting of Miami, Florida, Willie James (Coreen) Redden of Fort Pierce, Florida, Elaine Redden of Jacksonville, Florida; several nieces and nephews; a very special friend, Hollis Toombs of Camilla, Georgia.
SERVICE SCHEDULE
The funeral service of Willie Frank Davis, Sr. will be conducted Saturday, February 2, 2013, at 3:00 p.m., at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 4585 Georgia Highway 37, Camilla. Eulogy will be by Pastor Lorenzo Dotson. Interment will follow in Oakview Cemetery.
Honorary Pallbearers will be Deacons of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.
Flower Bearers will be Mitchell County High School Class of 1980; Nieces.
Active Pallbearers will be Wilbert Hines, Willie Hines, Willie Smith, Jr., Willie Smith, Sr., Brackney Solomon, Terry Solomon.
Public viewing will be Friday, February 1, 2013, from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., at Robert Jester Mortuary.
Mr. Willie Frank Davis, Sr., was born December 9, 1927, in Mitchell County, Georgia to the late Mr. Henry Davis, Sr. and Mrs. Eula C. Gervin Davis.
At an early age he confessed CHRIST and united with the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church where he served on the senior usher board until his health failed.
He retired from the Alimenta Processing Corporation of Camilla, Georgia.
He was preceded in death by a son: Willie Frank Davis, Jr.; four of his siblings: Willie B. Davis, Henry Davis, Jr., Minnie Pearl Gordon, and Elijah Davis.
He departed this life on Saturday, January 26, 2013, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia.
He leaves to cherish his memories a devoted wife, Alice Jean Davis of Camilla, Georgia; four daughters, Lula Mae Knight of Camilla, Georgia, Minnie Pearl Lewis of Indianapolis, Indiana, Jacquelyn Arnold of Ellenwood, Georgia, Charlotte (Darryl) Thomas of Albany, Georgia; one son, Willie Frank (Tomeka) Davis of Americus, Georgia; a godson, Ronald D. Spence of Camilla, Georgia; grandchildren, Angela (Will) Key, Michael Knight, Roger Hodge, Latarus Swan, Shauree Davis, Monica VIcks, Kyra Davis, Kyric Frank Davis, Jamel Dobbs, Tammy Session, Ricky Session, Rodney Lewis, Ashley Lewis; twenty great grandchildren; brothers and sisters-in-law, Ophelia Davis, Howard (Ann) Redden, Jimmy Redden, Danny Redden, Rose Robinson, Margaret Harris of Camilla, Georgia, Lewis (Wilma) Redden of Detroit, Michigan, Artis (Marian) Redden of Palm Beach, Florida, Vera Sweeting of Miami, Florida, Willie James (Coreen) Redden of Fort Pierce, Florida, Elaine Redden of Jacksonville, Florida; several nieces and nephews; a very special friend, Hollis Toombs of Camilla, Georgia.
SERVICE SCHEDULE
The funeral service of Willie Frank Davis, Sr. will be conducted Saturday, February 2, 2013, at 3:00 p.m., at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 4585 Georgia Highway 37, Camilla. Eulogy will be by Pastor Lorenzo Dotson. Interment will follow in Oakview Cemetery.
Honorary Pallbearers will be Deacons of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.
Flower Bearers will be Mitchell County High School Class of 1980; Nieces.
Active Pallbearers will be Wilbert Hines, Willie Hines, Willie Smith, Jr., Willie Smith, Sr., Brackney Solomon, Terry Solomon.
Public viewing will be Friday, February 1, 2013, from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., at Robert Jester Mortuary.
His Journey's Just Begun
Don't think of him as gone away
His journey's just begun,
Life holds so many facets
This earth is only one.
Just think of him as resting
From the sorrows and the tears
In a place of warmth and comfort
Where there are no days and years.
Think how he must be wishing
That we could know today
How nothing but sadness
Can really pass away.
And think of him as living
In the hearts of those he touched...
For nothing loved is ever lost
And he was loved so much.
Don't think of him as gone away
His journey's just begun,
Life holds so many facets
This earth is only one.
Just think of him as resting
From the sorrows and the tears
In a place of warmth and comfort
Where there are no days and years.
Think how he must be wishing
That we could know today
How nothing but sadness
Can really pass away.
And think of him as living
In the hearts of those he touched...
For nothing loved is ever lost
And he was loved so much.
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