Kenneth Ray Davis, Sr.

Kenneth Ray Davis, Sr., 63, of Gulfport, MS passed away on Monday, October 17, 2005 in Gulfport. Mr. Davis was a resident of Mississippi for 27 years and retired from Ingalls Shipyard after 26 years of dedicated service. He was a member of Global Outreach Ministries. Mr. Davis served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam and received the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and two Silver Stars. Mr. Davis was preceded death by his mother, Laura Ellen Grey and his father Marion George Davis, and his brother, M. George Davis. Survivors include his wife of 34 years, Barbara Davis and three children, Donald Wayne Davis, Diana Lynn Smith, and Kenneth Ray Davis, Jr., his sister, Brenda Sheppard and her husband, George Sheppard, and his nephew, Shaun Duprey. He had five stepchildren, Wayne Byerly, Jr., Susan West, Dana Costello, Terri Crosby, and Dianne Byerly, 18 grandchildren, and 9 great grandchildren. Visitation will be from 5-8PM, Thursday, October 20, 2005 at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, O'Neal Road in Gulfport. The service will be 11:30 AM, Friday, October 21, 2005 in the funeral home chapel. Interment will be at Biloxi National Cemetery.