Thelma Elizabeth Bolick Davis, 81, died in her Louisa, Virginia, home on September 5, 2005. She was born July 31, 1924, in Hickory, North Carolina, the second of seven children of the late Marcus Bolick and Gertrude Barger Bolick. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Marie Bolick Anderson of Lenoir, NC; and her husband of 49 years, Clifford W. Davis Jr.
Mrs. Davis graduated from UNC Chapel Hill, the first woman to graduate with a degree in Physics. She worked in Charlotte, NC, as an x-ray technician at Charlotte Orthopedic Clinic and was active in the First Methodist Church Choir and the Charlotte Opera House before moving to Wilmington, NC. There she became an educator in the Pender and New Hanover County Schools. She retired from Laney High School in 1991 as a math and physics teacher.
She is survived by three sisters, two brothers, a daughter, a son and six grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at Saint James Episcopal Church, Louisa, on Friday, September, 9 at 2:00.
Full obituary in the Wilmington (NC) Star News.
Mrs. Davis graduated from UNC Chapel Hill, the first woman to graduate with a degree in Physics. She worked in Charlotte, NC, as an x-ray technician at Charlotte Orthopedic Clinic and was active in the First Methodist Church Choir and the Charlotte Opera House before moving to Wilmington, NC. There she became an educator in the Pender and New Hanover County Schools. She retired from Laney High School in 1991 as a math and physics teacher.
She is survived by three sisters, two brothers, a daughter, a son and six grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at Saint James Episcopal Church, Louisa, on Friday, September, 9 at 2:00.
Full obituary in the Wilmington (NC) Star News.
Thelma Elizabeth Bolick Davis, 81, died in her Louisa, Virginia, home on September 5, 2005. She was born July 31, 1924, in Hickory, North Carolina, the second of seven children of the late Marcus Bolick and Gertrude Barger Bolick. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Marie Bolick Anderson of Lenoir, NC; and her husband of 49 years, Clifford W. Davis Jr.
Mrs. Davis graduated from UNC Chapel Hill, the first woman to graduate with a degree in Physics. She worked in Charlotte, NC, as an x-ray technician at Charlotte Orthopedic Clinic and was active in the First Methodist Church Choir and the Charlotte Opera House before moving to Wilmington, NC. There she became an educator in the Pender and New Hanover County Schools. She retired from Laney High School in 1991 as a math and physics teacher.
She is survived by three sisters, two brothers, a daughter, a son and six grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at Saint James Episcopal Church, Louisa, on Friday, September, 9 at 2:00.
Full obituary in the Wilmington (NC) Star News.
Mrs. Davis graduated from UNC Chapel Hill, the first woman to graduate with a degree in Physics. She worked in Charlotte, NC, as an x-ray technician at Charlotte Orthopedic Clinic and was active in the First Methodist Church Choir and the Charlotte Opera House before moving to Wilmington, NC. There she became an educator in the Pender and New Hanover County Schools. She retired from Laney High School in 1991 as a math and physics teacher.
She is survived by three sisters, two brothers, a daughter, a son and six grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at Saint James Episcopal Church, Louisa, on Friday, September, 9 at 2:00.
Full obituary in the Wilmington (NC) Star News.
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