Services for Claude Davis of Monticello are 2 p.m., Monday, Jan. 26, at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with graveside services following in New Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Davis, 67, died Jan. 24, 2004 after a year long battle with cancer. He was born in Lawrence County on May 17, 1936, to the Rev. Archie Davis and Myrtle Russell Davis. After high school, he moved to Gary, Ind., to start his adult life and found work in the steel mills there. It was there he met and married his wife of 36 years and the mother of his four children, Betty Allen Davis. Although they were divorced at the time of his death, they remained friends and stayed in touch through the years. His life's passion was his service in law enforcement, where he began that career in Indiana serving on the sheriff's department in Porter County, Ind., and as a Porter County Constable. He continued his service in law enforcement after returning to Lawrence County in 1969 by serving a 16-year term as Beat 1 Constable and a four-year term as Lawrence County's sheriff. In 1972, he started his construction company, Claude Davis & Sons Construction, with only one old dump truck and a worn out backhoe. With hard work and determination, it grew into the company he had strived to make it. Later in years, just as he had planned, his two sons joined him in the business and his goal for the company was complete. His two sons, Kevin and Brad, will carry on his legacy in the business and want to continue to serve the public in the same manner as their father had and expected them to do.
He served as a mason, a Shriner and as a Lawrence County Lions Club member. He was a member of the Mississippi Sheriff's Association and a member of the Sheriff's Boys and Girls Club Support Team. He was a member of the New Zion Baptist Church, where his father had been pastor for well over 20 years. He was a lifetime NASCAR fan and enjoyed going to many of the NASCAR races over the years. He leaves to carry on his love for life his four children and his four children by marriage, Sherry and Ray Runnels, Cheryl and Bo Snavely, Kevin and Laurie Davis and Brad and Julie Davis. He also leaves to remember his love for fun and jokes his seven grandchildren, Kris, Jason, Josh, Matthew, Adam, Keri, Cole and one great-grandchild, Shaylee. He leaves to carry on his love of family with his brothers, Eutha, Russell and Charles, all of Monticello, and several nieces and nephews, some of which were very close to his heart.
Serving as pallbearers will be his three grandsons, Jason Lambert, Joshua Lambert and Matthew Runnels, and his nephews, Jackie Davis, Mike Davis and Nathaniel Davis.
Memorials can be made and will be greatly appreciated by the family to the American Cancer Society.
Source:Daily Leader, Brookhaven, MS
He served as a mason, a Shriner and as a Lawrence County Lions Club member. He was a member of the Mississippi Sheriff's Association and a member of the Sheriff's Boys and Girls Club Support Team. He was a member of the New Zion Baptist Church, where his father had been pastor for well over 20 years. He was a lifetime NASCAR fan and enjoyed going to many of the NASCAR races over the years. He leaves to carry on his love for life his four children and his four children by marriage, Sherry and Ray Runnels, Cheryl and Bo Snavely, Kevin and Laurie Davis and Brad and Julie Davis. He also leaves to remember his love for fun and jokes his seven grandchildren, Kris, Jason, Josh, Matthew, Adam, Keri, Cole and one great-grandchild, Shaylee. He leaves to carry on his love of family with his brothers, Eutha, Russell and Charles, all of Monticello, and several nieces and nephews, some of which were very close to his heart.
Serving as pallbearers will be his three grandsons, Jason Lambert, Joshua Lambert and Matthew Runnels, and his nephews, Jackie Davis, Mike Davis and Nathaniel Davis.
Memorials can be made and will be greatly appreciated by the family to the American Cancer Society.
Source:Daily Leader, Brookhaven, MS
Services for Claude Davis of Monticello are 2 p.m., Monday, Jan. 26, at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with graveside services following in New Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Davis, 67, died Jan. 24, 2004 after a year long battle with cancer. He was born in Lawrence County on May 17, 1936, to the Rev. Archie Davis and Myrtle Russell Davis. After high school, he moved to Gary, Ind., to start his adult life and found work in the steel mills there. It was there he met and married his wife of 36 years and the mother of his four children, Betty Allen Davis. Although they were divorced at the time of his death, they remained friends and stayed in touch through the years. His life's passion was his service in law enforcement, where he began that career in Indiana serving on the sheriff's department in Porter County, Ind., and as a Porter County Constable. He continued his service in law enforcement after returning to Lawrence County in 1969 by serving a 16-year term as Beat 1 Constable and a four-year term as Lawrence County's sheriff. In 1972, he started his construction company, Claude Davis & Sons Construction, with only one old dump truck and a worn out backhoe. With hard work and determination, it grew into the company he had strived to make it. Later in years, just as he had planned, his two sons joined him in the business and his goal for the company was complete. His two sons, Kevin and Brad, will carry on his legacy in the business and want to continue to serve the public in the same manner as their father had and expected them to do.
He served as a mason, a Shriner and as a Lawrence County Lions Club member. He was a member of the Mississippi Sheriff's Association and a member of the Sheriff's Boys and Girls Club Support Team. He was a member of the New Zion Baptist Church, where his father had been pastor for well over 20 years. He was a lifetime NASCAR fan and enjoyed going to many of the NASCAR races over the years. He leaves to carry on his love for life his four children and his four children by marriage, Sherry and Ray Runnels, Cheryl and Bo Snavely, Kevin and Laurie Davis and Brad and Julie Davis. He also leaves to remember his love for fun and jokes his seven grandchildren, Kris, Jason, Josh, Matthew, Adam, Keri, Cole and one great-grandchild, Shaylee. He leaves to carry on his love of family with his brothers, Eutha, Russell and Charles, all of Monticello, and several nieces and nephews, some of which were very close to his heart.
Serving as pallbearers will be his three grandsons, Jason Lambert, Joshua Lambert and Matthew Runnels, and his nephews, Jackie Davis, Mike Davis and Nathaniel Davis.
Memorials can be made and will be greatly appreciated by the family to the American Cancer Society.
Source:Daily Leader, Brookhaven, MS
He served as a mason, a Shriner and as a Lawrence County Lions Club member. He was a member of the Mississippi Sheriff's Association and a member of the Sheriff's Boys and Girls Club Support Team. He was a member of the New Zion Baptist Church, where his father had been pastor for well over 20 years. He was a lifetime NASCAR fan and enjoyed going to many of the NASCAR races over the years. He leaves to carry on his love for life his four children and his four children by marriage, Sherry and Ray Runnels, Cheryl and Bo Snavely, Kevin and Laurie Davis and Brad and Julie Davis. He also leaves to remember his love for fun and jokes his seven grandchildren, Kris, Jason, Josh, Matthew, Adam, Keri, Cole and one great-grandchild, Shaylee. He leaves to carry on his love of family with his brothers, Eutha, Russell and Charles, all of Monticello, and several nieces and nephews, some of which were very close to his heart.
Serving as pallbearers will be his three grandsons, Jason Lambert, Joshua Lambert and Matthew Runnels, and his nephews, Jackie Davis, Mike Davis and Nathaniel Davis.
Memorials can be made and will be greatly appreciated by the family to the American Cancer Society.
Source:Daily Leader, Brookhaven, MS
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