Alma Gean Davis, 85

Born Jan. 6, 1921 in Morgan County, she was a retired bookkeeper with Lay?s Department Store, a homemaker, and member of First United Methodist Church. A former American Red Cross volunteer, she also was a former Pink Lady with River Park Hospital.

Mrs. Davis was preceded in death by parents Clarence and Hazel Hobbs Hensley, husband John Gordon Davis, and brother Travis Hensley.
Survivors include her daughter, Donna Vaughn of Nashville; granddaughter and husband, Marci and Ralph Griggers of Nashville; great-grandchildren, Jeff Griggers and Callie Griggers; and sisters Bea Bowers of Atlanta, Ga., June Newport of Wartburg, and Pat Hensley of Petros.

Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Steve Angus officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. View Cemetery. The Davis Family will receive friends today from 4 to 9 p.m. and again on Thursday from noon until the time of service at the parlors of McMinnville Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the First United Methodist Church. Online condolences may be made at www.mcminnvillefuneralhome.net

McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) May 3, 2006