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Submitted: 12/22/07 • Approved: 1/28/19 • Last Updated: 11/30/20 • R6351-G6351-S3
Roy 12 Nov 1913 - 29 Aug 2000
Ivy 11 Feb 1923 - 07 Nov 2016 obituary
Marriage: 22 Mar 1944 Detroit, Wayne Co, Michigan
Roy William Davis son of Charles Cornelius Davis and Flora Agnes (Field) Davis Matthews. Ivy the daughter of Grover and Essie (Logan) Ivy.
Geraldine C. Davis 11 Feb 1923 - November 7, 2016
Geraldine C. (Ivy) Davis died on Monday, November 7, 2016 in Daphne, Alabama.
She was born in Marcella, Arkansas to Grover and Essie (Logan) Ivy.
Geraldine was an accomplished seamstress and pianist. Educated in Desha and Batesville, she worked assembling aircraft in Detroit, Michigan, she then moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where she worked and retired from McDonnel-Douglas. She and her husband moved to Lynn, Arkansas, and then she spent the last several years living with her daughter in Daphne, Alabama.
She is survived by her daughter, Sheri Murphy and husband, Mike of Daphne.
Geraldine was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Roy Davis; and her brother, Wallace Allen Ivy.
The funeral will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church in Black Rock. Burial will follow at New Hope Cemetery under the direction of Roller-Crouch Funeral Home of Batesville.
Visitation will be from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the church prior to the service.
Obituary posted by Roller Funeral Homes Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas 11 Nov 2016.
Contributed on 12/22/07 by denise.bratcher63
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