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Minnie B. Davis
May 20, 2017

Obituary

Minnie B. Davis, 77, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Saturday, May 20, 2017, at her residence.

Graveside services will be held 2 PM, Monday, May 22, 2017, at Cannonville Cemetery in Wilcox County with the Rev. Tim Moorhouse officiating. The family will receive friends from 6-8 Sunday evening at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.

Mrs. Davis was born November 26, 1939, in Ben Hill County, Georgia, to the late Bruce & Arlie Alexander Bishop. She was a creeler, having worked for Shaw Industries for 30 years. She lived all of her life in Fitzgerald and was of the Baptist faith.

She is survived by her husband of 38 years, Bubba Davis of Fitzgerald; children: Janet Sheppard and her husband Steven of Fitzgerald, Leslie Reese and his wife Sam of Americus, and Tony Reese and his fiancé Gayle Hawthorne Shepard of Fitzgerald; grandchildren: Tracy & Jamie Davis, Morgan Reese, Jessica Reese, Daniel Reese, Trent & Mandy Pope, Tonya Madden, and Psyche & Jabo Pope; great-grandchildren: Savanna Davis, Alex Davis, Aaron Collier, Eion Madden, Lane Pope, and Dene Harper; a brother, Robert & Emily Bishop of Eatonton; and two sisters: Sue Rutherford of Fitzgerald and Mary Hathaway of Cantonment, Florida. She was preceded in death by her canine companion, Snowball.

The family suggests those desiring to send memorials may send them to the Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Humane Society, 106 Lions Park Drive, Fitzgerald, GA 31750.

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Paulk Funeral Home
301 South Main Street
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
229-423-2033