1921
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2009
R. G. Davis
March 29, 1921 — July 18, 2009
R. G. DAVIS
IRAAN: R. G. Davis, 88 of Iraan, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Saturday, July 18, 2009 in the Crockett County Care Center in Ozona after a valiant fight with cancer.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at the First Baptist Church in Iraan with Reverend Mike Wright and Reverend Andy Vanderweir officiating. Burial will follow in the Sheffield Cemetery with arrangements under the care and direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.
R. G. was born on March 29, 1921 in Roscoe, Texas. He married Rubye Mae King on August 11, 1940 in Snyder, Texas. They raised their three daughters in Monahans and moved to Iraan in 1979. R. G. was a member of the Mother Holmes Memorial Baptist Church in Sheffield. He had served as a Deacon at the First Baptist Church in Monahans; the Southside Baptist Church in Monahans; First Baptist Church in Iraan as well as the Mother Holmes Baptist Church in Sheffield. R. G. loved fellowship and singing. He was a prayer warrior, and a witness for the Lord. He loved hugs and joking. R.G. loved his family and friends and will be missed by everyone. He also was past Worshipful Master of the Masonic Lodge. R. G. had been a propane dealer; and he enjoyed his hobby of woodworking.
R. G. was preceded in death by his parents, Raunsford Guy and Mary Belle Davis; two brothers, Wayne and Jack Davis; and two sisters, Lee Young and Fern Davis.
R. G. lived a life that taught us of God's never-ending unconditional love. Those left to cherish his memory and pass on the values he imparted are his wife, Rubye Mae Davis of Iraan; three daughter, Judy Smith, and Brenda Pitts and her husband Don, all of Sheffield, TX, and Gay Brooks and her husband Sandy of Iraan, TX; 6 grandchildren, Curtis Smith and his wife Melissa of Sheffield, TX, Hal Smith and his wife Linda of Scottsdale, AZ, Scott Pitts and his wife Sherri, Randy Pitts and his wife Kim, all of Artesia, NM, Ben Brooks, and Betsy Brooks, both of San Angelo, TX; 7 great-grandchildren, Lucas Smith and his wife Amy, Pennie Hooker and her husband Nick, all of Jacksonville, TX, Natalie Smith of Scottsdale, AZ, Ashley Pitts, Meagan Cornil and her husband Nathan, Jacob Pitts, and Jennifer Pitts, all of Artesia, NM; and 2 great-great grandchildren, Brooklyn Hooker, and Braden Hooker, both of Jacksonville, TX. He is also survived by one sister, Faye Crumpley of El Paso, TX; and numerous nieces and nephews.
IRAAN: R. G. Davis, 88 of Iraan, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Saturday, July 18, 2009 in the Crockett County Care Center in Ozona after a valiant fight with cancer.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at the First Baptist Church in Iraan with Reverend Mike Wright and Reverend Andy Vanderweir officiating. Burial will follow in the Sheffield Cemetery with arrangements under the care and direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.
R. G. was born on March 29, 1921 in Roscoe, Texas. He married Rubye Mae King on August 11, 1940 in Snyder, Texas. They raised their three daughters in Monahans and moved to Iraan in 1979. R. G. was a member of the Mother Holmes Memorial Baptist Church in Sheffield. He had served as a Deacon at the First Baptist Church in Monahans; the Southside Baptist Church in Monahans; First Baptist Church in Iraan as well as the Mother Holmes Baptist Church in Sheffield. R. G. loved fellowship and singing. He was a prayer warrior, and a witness for the Lord. He loved hugs and joking. R.G. loved his family and friends and will be missed by everyone. He also was past Worshipful Master of the Masonic Lodge. R. G. had been a propane dealer; and he enjoyed his hobby of woodworking.
R. G. was preceded in death by his parents, Raunsford Guy and Mary Belle Davis; two brothers, Wayne and Jack Davis; and two sisters, Lee Young and Fern Davis.
R. G. lived a life that taught us of God's never-ending unconditional love. Those left to cherish his memory and pass on the values he imparted are his wife, Rubye Mae Davis of Iraan; three daughter, Judy Smith, and Brenda Pitts and her husband Don, all of Sheffield, TX, and Gay Brooks and her husband Sandy of Iraan, TX; 6 grandchildren, Curtis Smith and his wife Melissa of Sheffield, TX, Hal Smith and his wife Linda of Scottsdale, AZ, Scott Pitts and his wife Sherri, Randy Pitts and his wife Kim, all of Artesia, NM, Ben Brooks, and Betsy Brooks, both of San Angelo, TX; 7 great-grandchildren, Lucas Smith and his wife Amy, Pennie Hooker and her husband Nick, all of Jacksonville, TX, Natalie Smith of Scottsdale, AZ, Ashley Pitts, Meagan Cornil and her husband Nathan, Jacob Pitts, and Jennifer Pitts, all of Artesia, NM; and 2 great-great grandchildren, Brooklyn Hooker, and Braden Hooker, both of Jacksonville, TX. He is also survived by one sister, Faye Crumpley of El Paso, TX; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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