Services for Vivian McCardle Davis, of Hazlehurst, were 11 a.m.Thursday, Oct. 4, at Sardis Baptist Church with burial in SardisCemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Services was in charge ofarrangements.

Mrs. Davis, 97, died Sept. 29, 2007, at Hardy Wilson Hospital inHazlehurst.

She was a retired teacher who had a master’s degree and taughtaccelerated fourth grade. She was voted Teacher of the Year in 1968and won numerous other awards in the teaching field. She was amember of Sardis Baptist Church.

Preceding her in death were three sisters; and a brother, J. F.McCardle, who died Sept. 30, 2007.

Survivors are her daughters, Vivian Mitchel, of Bishop, Calif..,and Sue Carol Behrend, of Oahu, Hi.; her brother, O. C. McCardle,of Hazlehurst; her grandchildren, William, Linday, Rudy, andRodney; five great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces andnephews.