Visitation:
Tuesday June 13, 2017 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home
Service:
Wednesday June 14, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Holy Family
Church, Lincoln
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Mount Pulaski
Obituary
Annie Mae Davis, 74, passed
away at Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, IL on
June 6, 2017 at 8:43 a.m.
Annie was born on December 30,
1942 in Mounds. She is the daughter of Andrew and
Ethel Nellie (Frazier) Hunt.
Annie married Ronald W. Davis
May 19, 1965 in Lincoln.
Annie was the last of her
immediate family. She is preceded in death by her
husband, Ronald Davis; parents; one child, Bonesia;
one brother and four sisters.
She leaves her loving memories
to be shared with her surviving daughters: Rowlettia
“Letia” (Doug) Gossard, Springfield, and Annettia
Davis-Cook, MN; five grandchildren: E’pris Krushall,
Josh (Courtney) Gossard, Aly Gossard, Davin McCray
and Janeesa Cook.
Annie valued education. She
was Valedictorian of her class and went on to earn a
degree in nursing at Carbondale University.
Annie worked at Illinois State
School (now known as Lincoln Developmental Center),
St. Patrick’s Church Rectory (now known as Holy
Family), was a Foster Grandparent, assisted with the
Head Start Program and a retiree from the State of
Illinois.
Annie was a member of Holy
Family Church, very kind and gentle soul. She had a
loving and generous heart and was always giving to
others. She enjoyed providing for her family,
cooking, park recreation, eating at Bonanza and
Western movies! |
The family wishes to extend their gratitude to the
doctors and nurses at Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital, Springfield Clinic, Memorial Hospital, the
staff at Kroger Pharmacy, Help at Home, Memorial
Home Health, Visiting Nurses and Therapist for all
their support in her final months and days.
In lieu of flowers, Memorial
donations can be made to the National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NINDS. This is
for research for early detection for Communicating
and Non-Communicating Cerebrospinal Fluid, CFS.
Visitation will be held on
Tuesday June 13, 2017 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.
A service for Annie Davis will
be held on Wednesday June 14, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at
Holy Family Church, Lincoln, with Father Simon Taabu
officiating.
Burial will follow at Camp
Butler, Springfield.
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