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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Arthur Leonard Davis Obituary
Graveside services for Arthur Leonard Davis will be held Monday, January 17 2011 at 1:00 P.M. at Highland Cemetery in Hattiesburg, MS. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Davis, 71 of Meridian, died, Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at R.P. White Nursing Facility.
He was employed with Maywebb Hoisery Mill. Mr. Davis was a member of Central Baptist Church, formerly Southside. He was a Christian. Mr. Davis was a dyer at Maywebb Hoisery Mill. He was a resident of R.P. White Nursing Center for the past 18 years, where he battled Parkinson Disease. He was a 1958 graduate of Meridian High School.
Survivors include his sisters, Betty Davis Alexander of Clarkdale Community and Dorothy Davis Supac of St. Cloud, FL; several nieces and nephews as well as great nieces and nephews; special nieces, Lisa Alexander and Cindy Alexander Weber both of Meridian. He was preceded in death by a brother, Ira Braxton Davis Jr. “Buddy”.
The family request memorials be made to Parkinson Research Foundation.
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O God our Father, Creator of all the living,
we entrust to Your gentle care
all those we love who have gone before us;
and have gone to their rest in the hope of rising again.
Eternal rest, grant unto Leonard , O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon him.
May the souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.
Mr. Davis, 71 of Meridian, died, Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at R.P. White Nursing Facility.
He was employed with Maywebb Hoisery Mill. Mr. Davis was a member of Central Baptist Church, formerly Southside. He was a Christian. Mr. Davis was a dyer at Maywebb Hoisery Mill. He was a resident of R.P. White Nursing Center for the past 18 years, where he battled Parkinson Disease. He was a 1958 graduate of Meridian High School.
Survivors include his sisters, Betty Davis Alexander of Clarkdale Community and Dorothy Davis Supac of St. Cloud, FL; several nieces and nephews as well as great nieces and nephews; special nieces, Lisa Alexander and Cindy Alexander Weber both of Meridian. He was preceded in death by a brother, Ira Braxton Davis Jr. “Buddy”.
The family request memorials be made to Parkinson Research Foundation.
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O God our Father, Creator of all the living,
we entrust to Your gentle care
all those we love who have gone before us;
and have gone to their rest in the hope of rising again.
Eternal rest, grant unto Leonard , O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon him.
May the souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.