Burial followed at Sulphur Bluff Cemetery with Andy Wright, PeeWee Bassham, Bruce Fielden, Don Patterson, Darrell Deaton, Bert Dorner, George Dorner and Ronny Glossup serving as pallbearers.
Mr. Davis died on Sunday, June 13, at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital.
He was born on March 3, 1927, in Sulphur Bluff, to Dennis Lee and Lillian Lucille Bassham Davis. He married Margie Lou Munden on Dec. 14, 1946, in Hopkins County. She survives.
Mr. Davis was employed by Goldston Oil for 20 years, and retired from Kraft Foods after 21 years.
He served as a school board member for Sulphur Bluff Independent School District from1977-1986.
He also was a volunteer fireman with the Sulphur Bluff Volunteer Fire Department.
Other survivors include three daughters, Connie Lou Jones of Plano, and Debbie Anderson and Marla Kay Gaines, both of Dike; three sisters, Amar Sue Ramsie of Sulphur Bluff, Billie Sullivan of Dallas and Patsy Lax of Garland; five grandchildren, Kimberly Minor of Dallas, Greg Anderson and Brandon Anderson, both of Dike, Micah Mathis of Sulphur Bluff and Amy Chapin of Henderson.
Mr. Davis was preceded in death by his parents; one grandchild, Kathrine Rebecca Jones; and one great-grandchild, Keynon Carpenter Jr.
Memorials may be made to Sulphur Bluff Volunteer Fire Department or American Lung Association.
Burial followed at Sulphur Bluff Cemetery with Andy Wright, PeeWee Bassham, Bruce Fielden, Don Patterson, Darrell Deaton, Bert Dorner, George Dorner and Ronny Glossup serving as pallbearers.
Mr. Davis died on Sunday, June 13, at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital.
He was born on March 3, 1927, in Sulphur Bluff, to Dennis Lee and Lillian Lucille Bassham Davis. He married Margie Lou Munden on Dec. 14, 1946, in Hopkins County. She survives.
Mr. Davis was employed by Goldston Oil for 20 years, and retired from Kraft Foods after 21 years.
He served as a school board member for Sulphur Bluff Independent School District from1977-1986.
He also was a volunteer fireman with the Sulphur Bluff Volunteer Fire Department.
Other survivors include three daughters, Connie Lou Jones of Plano, and Debbie Anderson and Marla Kay Gaines, both of Dike; three sisters, Amar Sue Ramsie of Sulphur Bluff, Billie Sullivan of Dallas and Patsy Lax of Garland; five grandchildren, Kimberly Minor of Dallas, Greg Anderson and Brandon Anderson, both of Dike, Micah Mathis of Sulphur Bluff and Amy Chapin of Henderson.
Mr. Davis was preceded in death by his parents; one grandchild, Kathrine Rebecca Jones; and one great-grandchild, Keynon Carpenter Jr.
Memorials may be made to Sulphur Bluff Volunteer Fire Department or American Lung Association.
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