Joyce Arlane Davis, 87, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Sunday, May 4, 2025, at her residence.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at The Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald, with the Rev. Steve Hand officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery, in Fitzgerald, Georgia. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening, from 6 PM until 8 PM, at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Davis was born August 1, 1937, in Eastman, Georgia, to the late W.H. & Mallie Lee Jones Poole. She graduated from Fitzgerald High School and was a homemaker. Mrs. Davis loved her children, grandchildren and family. She enjoyed working in her yard. She was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church and cherished the time she spent with each member. Most importantly she loved her Lord and Savior.
She is survived by her son, Kenny (Debra) Davis of Fitzgerald; a daughter Lea (Brandon) Phillips of Fitzgerald; grandchildren: Kendra (Kevin) Day of Cordele, Kenny Ray & Crystal Davis, Allen Davis & Brandi Hill, Raylea Phillips and Clay Phillips, all of Fitzgerald and great-grandchildren: Kenlea Davis-Day, Jillian Davis, Brady Davis, Blake Davis and Suthern Davis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Milford Ray Davis, a grandchild, Mallie Phillips and her siblings: Guyton Poole, Horace Poole, Jim Smith, Bernice Graham, Pauline Griffin, Lucille Spires, Myrtice Wilson, J.W. Poole and Annette Reeves.
The family would like to thank each caregiver who took care of her in her final months on earth, she loved and appreciated each one.
Paulk Funeral Home, Fitzgerald, is in charge of arrangements.