Mabel Richards Davis

Mabel Richards Davis died June 22, 2006, in Seguin, Texas. Mrs. Davis was a descendant of several pioneer South Mississippi families including Richards, Cowart and Ramsay. A native of the Lorraine (now Gulfport) Community, Mrs. Davis graduated from Woolmarket High School and attended Mississippi Normal College (now the University of Southern Mississippi). She was a resident of Wichita Falls, TX from 1949 to 1978, where she was a member of Floral Heights United Methodist Church and the Dig and Delve Garden Club. She served as a President of the Wichita Falls Chapter of the Texas A&M Mothers Club and as a member of the Wichita Falls General Hospital Volunteer Ladies. Mrs. Davis and her husband then retired to Gulfport where they resided until February 2006, when they moved to Seguin, Texas. She was a member of the Mississippi City United Methodist Church, the Gulfport Garden Club, and the Beauvoir Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. Davis was preceded in death by her parents Benjamin Ammon and Myron Cowart Richards; her brothers, John Homer Richards and Benjamin Ammon Richards, Jr.; and her sisters Hattie Richards Salmon, Mildred Richards Taylor, Myron Richards Hobgood, and Lois Richards Erly. She is survived by her husband of 59 years Lorne Arthur Davis, Sr., two sons, James Alexander Clark and his wife Nancy of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Dr. Lorne Arthur Davis, Jr. and his wife Jean of Seguin, Texas, six grandchildren: Deborah Clark Matthews, Jason Ramsay Clark, Susan Clark Lister, Stacey Clark Burgin, Karen Davis Beaty, and Gail Davis Roberson; and three great grandchildren: Ian Matthews, Ramsay Matthews, and Tallulah Beaty. The visitation will be held at the Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home,15452 O'Neal Road, Gulfport on Tuesday, June 27, 2006, from 5-7 PM. Funeral services will be held at Bradford-O'Keefe, O'Neal Road, Gulfport on Wednesday, June 28, 2006, at 10:00 AM. Friends may call one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in Coalville Cemetery. For those who prefer memorials, the family suggests the Mississippi City United Methodist Church, 450 E. Pass Road, Suite 106, Gulfport, MS 39507 or a charity of one's choice. An online guestbook may be viewed and signed at www.bradfordokeefe.com.