Twila Davis^[1]

1923 - 2012  (88 years)

• Name	Twila Davis
  Born	16 Oct 1923	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	District 6, Union County, Tennessee   [2]
  Died	21 Apr 2012  [3, 4]
  Buried	Sherwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I322659	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	Archie Lay Davis,   b. 18 Dec 1898, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Aug 1969, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Maggie Acuff,   b. 3 May 1899, Union County, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Aug 2001, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 102 years)
  Family ID	F126613	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Corum Berry,   b. 25 Apr 1921, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Feb 2013  (Age 91 years)
  Married	Abt 1946
  Children	1. Adrean Berry + 2. Archie Berry   3. Linda Berry
  Family ID	F126616	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 16 Oct 1923 - Tennessee Buried - - Sherwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 7 Aug 2001. Maggie Acuff Davis obituary [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Twila Davis Event: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: Civil District No 6, Union, Tennessee Gender: Female Age: 6 Marital Status: Single Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1924 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Enumeration District Number: 0011 Family Number: 145 Sheet Number and Letter: 9A Line Number: 27 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2280 Film Number: 2342014 Digital Folder Number: 4547928 Image Number: 00578 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head Archie Davis M 31 Tennessee Wife Maggie Davis F 30 Tennessee Daughter Jessie Davis F 9 Tennessee Son Fred Davis M 8 Tennessee Daughter Twila Davis F 6 Tennessee Daughter Ella G Davis F 4 Tennessee [S25] Smith Mortuary Company, www.smithmortuary.com, 26 Feb 2013. Corum Berry obituary [S25] Smith Mortuary Company, www.smithmortuary.com, 21 Apr 2012. Twila Davis Berry passed away Saturday, April 21, 2012 at the age of 88 with her loving husband of 66 years by her side. She was a member of Brantley’s Chapel Primitive Baptist Church, a native of Sharps Chapel, TN and a retired cafeteria manager at Eagleton Junior High School. She was also a 1941 graduate of Horace Maynard High School and a past matron of the Rockford Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. She was an active member of the Alcoa Retirement Club. Twila was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother who will be loved and deeply missed by all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her parents Archie and Maggie Davis of Sharps Chapel; sisters, Jessie Messer and Infant, Joan Davis; son-in-law, Rick Steele; and grandson, Davis Berry. Survivors include her devoted husband, Corum Berry; children, Adrean Steele of Soddy Daisy, Archie (Susan) Berry of Knoxville, and Linda (Danny) Graves of Maryville; 6 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Brother, Fred Davis and Sister, Ella Jean Coker. Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, April 23, 2012 in the Smith Trinity Chapel with grandson, Rev. Chris Graves and grandson, Rev. Sean Cordell officiating. Entombment will follow in the Sherwood Memorial Gardens Mausoleum with Elder D.C. Brantley officiating. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Brantley’s Chapel Primitive Baptist Church. 403 McCall Road / Maryville TN 37804. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Smith Funeral & Cremation Service, Maryville, 983-1000, www.SmithMaryville.com [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 88883891).