Bessie Maybelle Davis

BESSIE MAYBELLE DAVIS, 81

Homemaker

LAKELAND - On December 21, 2007, Heaven received our angel "Granny" Bessie M. Davis, due to heart failure.

Bessie was born on May 12, 1926 in Indianapolis, IN to Charles and Elizabeth (Moon) Hughes and moved to Florida in 1946. Bessie was a wonderful mother and grandmother who loved to crochet and fish.

She is preceded in death by her husband, George C. Davis and two sons and a daughter. Bessie is survived by her sons, George Davis & Family of Umatilla, FL, Willis Davis & Family of Lakeland, Bobby Davis & Family of Lakeland and Dale Davis & Family of Fletcher, NC; sisters, Dorothy Parkerson of Georgia and Virginia Summerall of Florida; brothers, William, Daniel and Partrick Moon all of Florida; 15 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

Friends will be received from 10-11 a.m. Wednesday at the Gentry-Morrison Funeral Homes, Northside Chapel where funeral services will be held that day at 11 a.m. Burial will take place in Socrum Cemetery.

Arrangements by Gentry-Morrison Funeral Home, Northside Chapel.