Ray Davis

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WESTLAKE, Ohio – Mr. Ray Davis, age 88, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at the Fairview Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.

Mr. Davis was born on October 29, 1921, to the late Jake and Mary Tolley Davis. He was a Unicoi County native, where he had lived until he joined the Navy in 1940. Mr. Davis married Eva Letta McInturff in 1945.

His military service spanned from 1940 to 1962, when he retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer E-9. During his time with the Navy, he lived in Honolulu, Hawaii, Annapolis, Maryland, Norfolk and Arlington, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

After his military retirement, Mr. Davis worked as a Logistics Management Specialist for the Department of the Navy and Naval Sea Systems Command as a federal employee in the Washington, D.C., area. Upon completing thirty-eight years with the government, which included his military and civilian service, he retired as a GS-14 Logistics Specialist and moved back to Johnson City, Tennessee, in 1979.

Ray and Eva were members of the Unicoi United Methodist Church and the Friendship Sunday School Class. He also attended Piney Grove Freewill Baptist Church.

In 2009, Mr. Davis moved to a retirement center in Westlake, Ohio, to be closer to his family

In addition to his parents, Mr. Davis was preceded in death by his wife, Eva Letta McInturff Davis, on August 24, 2004; infant daughters, Cathy Lea Davis and Carol Lynne Davis; step-mother, Maude Ramsey Davis; two brothers, Jess Ernest Davis and Clyde J. Davis; three sisters, Etta Davis Moore, Hazel Davis Browder and Rachel Davis Jackson.

Survivors include his three daughters, Linda Jean Nutter and husband, Franklin, McLean, Virginia, Peggy Ann Reeves and husband, Joel, Springfield, Virginia, Pennie Marie Gray and husband, Gerald, Westlake, Ohio; Five loving grandchildren, Alycia Nutter Kiley and husband, James, Aaron Nutter, Shannon Reeves, Daniel Gray and Allison Gray; His brother, Reverend George Davis and wife, Helen; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends

The family will celebrate Mr. Davis' life by receiving friends at Unicoi Funeral Home Chapel from 1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. Saturday, February 6, 2010, with funeral service to follow. Reverend J.Todd Kingrea will officiate. Music will be provided by Pat Vanover and Martha Piner.

Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Interment will follow in the Swingle Cemetery, Unicoi.

Ray married Eva Letta McInturff on 6 Jan 1945 in Norfolk, , , Virginia. Eva (daughter of Sheppard McInturff and Lelia R. McNabb) was born about 1922 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee; died on 24 Aug 2004. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]