Lettie Davis

LETTIE B. DAVIS, A BELOVED DAUGHTER, SISTER, AUNT, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND FRIEND PASSED AWAY ON AUG 11,2025, LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY OF LOVE, LAUGHTER, AND UNWAVERING FAITH. SHE WAS BORN ON MARCH 20, 1954 TO THE LATE EDWARD (SUNTOY) AND VIOLA DAVIS-GATES.

LETTIE WAS A TRUE- COUNTRY GIRL WHO ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE, SHE LOVED THE LORD AND HE WAS HER STRENGTH IN HER WEAKNESS, SHE FOUND JOY IN LIFE'S SIMPLE PLEASURE . LETTIE WAS A GOD FEARING WOMAN, HER FAITH WAS HER FOUNDATION. SHE HAD A VOICE THAT WOULD SHAKE THE GROUNDS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH EAST TO WEST. IT WOULD LIFT UP ANY SPIRIT. LETTIE FILL HER HOME AND HEARTS OF OTHERS WITH MUSIC, COOKING ,LAUGHTER AND DANCING. THE VIBRANT COLOR THROUGHOUT HER HOME MADE ANYONE FILL THE PEACE AND THE LOVE THAT SHE HAD FOR THEM AND OTHERS. HER HOME WAS ALWAYS WELCOMING THRIVING PLANTS AND COMFORTING AROMA OF A HOME COOK MEAL. PURPLE WAS THE COLOR THAT WOULD BRING UNSPOKEN JOY TO HER HEART, AND JUST LIKE THE COLOR, SHE RADIATED WARMTH, GRACE AND QUIET STRENGTH.

LETTIE ENJOYED GOING OUT SHOPPING AND GOING TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESTAURANT BUT IT COULD NEVER REPLACE HER OWN COOKING. KNOW FOR PREPARING BIG SOULFUL DINNERS WOULD BRING HER FAMILY TOGETHER. LETTIE HAD A DEEP LOVE FOR NATURE,A GO-GO PERSON WHO DIDNT LET HER CANE GET IN THE WAY HER SPIRIT UNSHAKEN AND HER ENERGY UNSTOPPABLE THAT WHO SHE WAS.

HER RESILIENCE, JOY FOR LIFE AND GENEROSITY WERE UNMATCHED. SHE WOULD GAVE TO THE HOPELESS AND FOUND BLESSING IN DOING IT.

DESPITE ENDURING HARDSHIPS, HEALTH ISSUES THAT CAUSE SO MUCH PAIN SHE NEVER ONCE COMPLAINED AND STILL GAVE GOD THE GLORY EVERYDAY AND EVERY WAY.

ON AUG 11,2025 GOD CALLED HIS DAUGHTER HOME LEAVING TO CHERISH HER MEMORY THREE LOVING CHILDREN: MICHAEL DAVIS OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA. SHONDREA DAVIS OF IRVINE,CALIFORNIA AND TENIKA DAVIS OF LUCERNE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA.SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY SIX GRANDCHILDREN ROBERT, LATIA, KAI DEN, CHRISTOPHER, REBECCA, AND EVANGELINA AND THREE GREAT- GRANDCHILDREN; EXCALIBUR(BEAN), ALLEN AND AMAYA.

LETTIE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY FOUR DEVOTED SIBLING HER BROTHER RICHARD(BAY) OLIVER LOLLIS OF MEMPHIS, TN AND HER SISTERS RUBYSEIN DAVIS OF MISSISSIPPI, VIOLA DAVIS-BRISCOE(MARK BRISCOE) OF VICTORVILLE , CALIFORNIA AND HER BABY SISTER OPHELIA DAVIS OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER BELOVED SON, FLOYD DAVIS, HER PARENTS, EDWARDS AND VIOLA DAVIS­GATES, THREE BROTHERS MATTHEW KELLY JR. OF MISSISSIPPI, ROBERT NASH(FUA NASH) CLIFTON KELLY(DEBBIE KELLY) AND THREE SISTER GERALDINE DAVIS-MILES(FLICK MILES), GERTRUDE KELLY OF VICTORVILLE, CA AND DOROTHY LEE MASON OF MISSISSIPPI, UNCLE HENRY RICHARDSON OF MISSISSIPPI, AUNT NELLIE FORD OF MISSISSIPPI WHO WILL GREET HER ON THE OTHER SIDE.

IN ADDITION TO HER IMMEDIATE FAMILY LETTIE LEAVES BEHIND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, EXTENDED FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO SHE LOVED DEARLY.