Geneva E. Smith Davis

Published 5:00 am Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Services for Geneva E. Smith Davis, of Gilmer, Texas, are 10a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26 at Harrigill Funeral Home with burial inNew Salem Cemetery in Franklin County.

Visitation is Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mrs. Davis, 89, died Oct. 23, 2005, at a nursing home in Gilmer.She was born in Franklin County on Jan. 27, 1916, to John Allen andLucy Smith.

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She was a nurse. While in Brookhaven she worked for Dr. HiramBatson and King’s Daughters Hospital. She attended New ProspectBaptist Church.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Willie LeeDavis; and a son, Willie Jewel Davis.

Survivors are her daughter, Juanita Davis, of Diana, Texas; twograndchildren; and five great-grandchildren.