Willie Frances Elrod Davenport, 94
A homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ for 83 years, she was the daughter of the late Charley and Bertha Watson Elrod. She was married to James Monroe Davenport, Sr. who preceded her in death Aug. 3, 1982. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Jim and Johnny Elrod and sister Virgie Smith.
She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, James ?Sonny? and Velma Elrod of McMinnville; four daughters and sons-in-law, Mary Ann and Walter Bishop of McMinnville, Joann and Earl Dove of Rock Island, Lucille and Dow Hayes of McMinnville and Elsie Faye and Joe Bryan Glenn of Huntsville, Ala.; 12 grandchildren, James Davenport of Columbia, Cindy Redmon, Vicki Mellon, Donna Hayes, Charles Glenn and Edward Hayes, all of McMinnville, April Wells of Knoxville, Walter Bishop, III of Manchester, Dawn Haile of Pensacola, Fla., Timothy Glenn of Bethesda, Ohio, Judith Miller of Mobile, Ala., and Ricky Hayes of Detroit, Mich.; brother, Sam Elrod of McMinnville; two sisters, Bonnie Jarrell of Scottsville, Ala., and Pearl St. John of McMinnville; 24 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren and sister-in-law, Agnes Rigsby of Morrison.
Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today at High?s Chapel with Gary Colley and Garland Robinson officiating Burial will follow at Mt. View Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until time of service today at High?s.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Dec. 10, 2006