Obituary

FLOYD TRUMAN DAVIS, 84, DIED EARLY TUESDAY MORNING IN MANSFIELD MEMORIAL HOMES AFTER AN ILLNESS OF SEVERAL MONTHS.
MR. DAVIS WAS BORN SEPT 24, 1908, IN GREENWICH TO TRUMAN AND ESTHER IMO COWGILL DAVIS AND WAS A MANSFIELD RESIDENT SINCE 1926.
HE GRADUATED FROM MANSFIELD BUSINESS COLLEGE AND WAS A SELF EMPLOYED GROCER AND REALTOR, RETIRING IN 1960.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FOR 47 YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PROPERTIES COMMISSION, SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION, MEN'S GARDEN CLUB, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED, PERSONS AND WAS INVOLVED WITH FISH MINISTRIES. HE WAS AN ARMY BETERAN OF WWII, SERVING AS A SURGICAL TECHNICIAN WITH THE 82ND FIELD HOSPITAL, STATIONED IN OKINAWA ASIATIC PACIFIC THEATER.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 56 YEARS, LILLIAN FRANK DAVIS, A SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW, FRANK AND REBECCA DAVIS OF SMITHVILLE, TENN.; A DAUGHTER KATHLEEN DAVIS OF NASHVILLE, TENN; TWO GRANDCHILDREN, MARY BRADY AND SALLY DAVIS; AND A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, ERIN BRADY.
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A BROTHER, THOMAS DAVIS.
CALLING HOURS WILL BE THURSDAY FROM 7-8PM IN THE PARLOR OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHRUCH. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD FRIDAY AT 11AM AT THE CHURCH BY THE REV. C. EDWIN, INTERIM PASTOR. BURIAL WILL BE HELD IN THE MANSFIELD MEMORIAL PARK.