THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, September 18, 1996 TAG: 9609180403
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: SUFFOLK LENGTH: 34 lines
Clarence Paul Davis, 82, of the 300 block of Elizabeth St., died suddenly Sept. 16, 1996, in his home.
Mr. Davis, a native of Southhampton County, Va., was a funeral assistant for the past 62 years. He began his career in funeral service with Darden Funeral Home, Branchville, and later worked with Purviance Funeral Home, Boykins. He worked with the I.O. Hills and Co. Funeral Home and Furniture Store, Suffolk for 28 years. Most recently he had worked with Foster Funeral Home, Portsmouth and Baker-Foster Funeral Home, Bennett's Creek, Suffolk.
Mr. Davis was an enthusiastic member of the Cosmopolitan Club of Suffolk. He was named Cosmopolitan of the Year in 1987 and 1993, and received a distinguished service award as Fund Raiser of the Year in 1986. He served as club president for the 1995-96 year. He was also a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church and the Hardee's Coffee Club.
Survivors include three daughters, Marie A. ``Toni'' Crosby of Smithfield, Va., Peggy Lou Edwards of Columbia, S.C., Mary Sue Cribb of Branchville, Va.; a son, William Thomas Davis of Midlothian, Va.; a sister, Elsie B. Tidwell of Suffolk; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Steven Paul Davis; his parents, Cecil Paul Davis and Lydia Glover Davis; and his children's mother, Mary Thomas Davis.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Baker-Foster Funeral Home, Bennett's Creek Chapel. Burial will follow in Liberty Springs Christian Church Cemetery, Suffolk. Friends may join the family today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the funeral home, and at other times in his daughter's home, 505 Virginia Ave., Smithfield. ILLUSTRATION: Photo
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