Leona V. Davis, 88, was born the second oldest of seven siblings on March 16, 1931 in Bronson, Florida to the late Willie Guy and Mattie Lee Gray Guy Brown. Mother Davis departed this life on Thursday, June 20, 2019.

Mother Davis was employed by Campbell Soup Company as a food processor until her retirement in the Summer of 1991. Mother Davis was a great woman of faith: loving the Lord and His Holy word. At an early age, she received the Lord as her personal Savior. She was a lifetime member of the Church of God by Faith, Inc, where she served on the Usher Board, Choir, as a Sunday School teacher and a Mother of the Church. Mother Davis also served beside her husband as First Lady at the Church of God by Faith in Florence, SC and Church of God by Faith in Orangeburg, SC.

Mother Davis was united in holy matrimony to David Davis on December 9, 1951. To this union, seven children were born.

She leaves to cherish her beloved memory; seven children: Buster Davis, Betsy Davis Brown, David Davis, Barbara Davis Martin, Dorothy Davis McCall, Charles Davis and Rowena Davis; eight grandchildren: Teresa Marshall, Kevin Brown, Carleston Brown II, Sharon McCall, Christopher McCall, Serita Burroughs, Jarrod Davis, and Chad Davis; four great-grandchildren: Ty Marshall, Evan Marshall, Kai Brown, and Noah Brown; two sisters, Annette McBride and Mary Sapp; three brothers: Willie Guy, Jr., Harold Brown, and Jonathan Brown; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

In addition to her parents, Mother Davis was preceded in death by her youngest sister, Dolly Brown Bell; one brother, Areal Guy.

Public Viewing will be held on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 from 2-6pm at Job's Mortuary.

Mother Davis will be placed in the church on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 2pm for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral Services will be held at 3pm on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at Salem Chapel & Heritage Center 101 South Salem Avenue Sumter, SC 29150, with Elder Wayne Brunson Officiating, and Elder Andre McBride, Eulogist.

Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park.

Family will receive friends at the home, 102 South Salem Avenue Sumter, SC 29150, from 12-5pm.

Job's Mortuary, Inc., 312 S. Main Street is in charge of arrangements.