Frances W. Davis' Obituary
Frances W. Davis, 89, of Girard, Kansas, formerly Tulsa, Oklahoma, died at 1:28 p.m., Saturday, February 13, 2016 in the Girard Medical Center. Frances was born July 8, 1926 in Memphis, Tennessee, a daughter of Cecil and Frances (Denwood) Walden. Frances grew up in a Southern Christian home in Morrilton, Arkansas and she graduated from Morrilton High School. Frances married Layne A. Smith in August of 1942 in Morrilton. She married Leonard O. Davis in 1983 in Arkansas. He preceded her in death on July 9, 2003. Frances was a member of the Crosstown Church of Christ in Tulsa. Survivors are a daughter, Donna Murray, and her husband, Marlin, of Girard; sons, Dennis Smith, and his wife, Sue, of Tulsa and Randy Smith, and his wife, Donna, of Glenpool, Oklahoma; 8 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-granddaughter; a sister, Mary Lynn Cleaver, of Tyler, Texas. Frances was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter, Barbara Foltz, in November of 2014, a brother, Cecil, and her sisters, Hilda, Velma Jean, and Helen. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday at the Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, 6500 S 129th East Avenue in Tulsa with Pastor Rick Prideaux officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until service time. Memorials are suggested to the Southern Christian Home in Morrilton and these may be left at the service or at the Smith-Carson-Wall Funeral Home, 518 W St. John, Girard, Kansas, 66743. Condolences may be sent to www.wallfuneralservices.com
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