Lucille Davis

Lucille Davis, 79, passed away following a long battle with cancer. Mrs. Davis was born Lucille Brown, on March 23, 1930, the fourth daughter of Vere and Maybelle (Risley) Brown. She lived in the St. Johns area most of her life working as a homemaker and nurse’s aid at several local nursing homes. She graduated from Rodney B. Wilson High School. Her husband, Ed Davis, preceded her in death as did her father, Vere Brown, her mother, Maybelle Beery, her step-father Harry Beery and her only brother, Russell Brown.

Surviving her are two sons, Robert and his wife, Laura, of Live Oak, TX and Samuel and his wife, Pat, of Springfield, MO, and her daughter Jan and her husband Alvin Schafer of Westphalia. Mrs. Davis also leaves behind eight grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Davis is also survived by four sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Gates of Lansing, Mrs. Isabelle Cleland and Mrs. Lillian Searles of St. Johns, and Mrs. Donna (Ed) Preston of Harrison, and one sister-in-law, Mrs. Nannette Brown of Bath.

Services will held at Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 11 a.m. at the Osgood Funeral Home in St. Johns with burial at Mt. Rest Cemetery, Rev. Kenneth Bremer will be officiating. The family will receive friends 2-4 P.M and 6-8 PM on Tuesday at the funeral home. Sympathy may be expressed in the form memorial contributions to Sparrow Foundation Hospice Services or the American Cancer Society. To view a Life Story film and upload a memory or picture please visit Mrs. Davis’ personal webpage at www.lifestorynet.com/memories/53362 .