Cypress, TX - Tisa Marie Davis Whitley was born February 20, 1949 to Johnny Raymond Davis and I.V. (Patty) Cole Davis in Shreveport, Louisiana, and passed away at home in Cypress, Texas on May 8, 2021. Tisa fought a long, courageous journey with uterine and ovarian cancer to be with her family, which she loved so dearly. Tisa grew up in Bossier City, Louisiana, a stone’s throw from the Red River. Tisa attended Bossier City Elementary, Green Acres Junior High, Airline High School, and Northwestern University. Tisa majored in elementary education and both student taught and taught at Apollo Elementary in Bossier City, Louisiana. While living in Bossier City, Tisa gave birth to her two sons, Scott and John. Tisa decided to take time to raise her children and took a long break from teaching. During this time, Tisa, along with her husband, relocated to Houston, Texas and settled into a new life in the sleepy suburb of Spring, Texas. Tisa raised her children in Ponderosa Forest and decided in 1993 to start teaching again. She worked for Spring, ISD and taught students first at Salyers as a half-day kindergarten teacher, and then at Meyer for over 17 years in numerous positions, including launching full-day kindergarten and reading recovery, and teaching first grade, literacy groups, and ESL groups. Tisa then traveled to Bammel when called by Mrs. Terri Williams to serve on the administrative team. After a brief stint at Bammel, Tisa began working with children with dyslexia. She traveled from campus to campus over the years and worked at the following campuses: Northgate ES, McNabb ES, Smith ES, Dueitt MS, Twin Creeks MS, and Bailey MS. Tisa retired from Spring, ISD with a combined 31 years' experience in education from Bossier Parish Schools and Spring, ISD. Tisa came back as a part-time intervention tutor at several Spring, ISD campuses, including Ponderosa. Her last teaching job was as an intervention tutor at Hoover Elementary in CyFair, ISD, the same district where her son works as a school counselor.
Tisa is preceded in death by her mother I.V. (Patty) Davis, her father Johnny Raymond Davis, her sister Sylvia Wood Nitz McCoy, and her brother Jerry Don Wood. She is survived by her two children, son Dr. Scott Talley and husband Rick Talley and son John Whitley and wife Brenda Whitley; her two grandchildren Alexia Whitley and Benjamin Whitley; her brother Johnny Glen Davis and wife Marion Davis; her brother Billy Ray Davis and wife Kathy Davis; and many loving nieces and nephews. Tisa is also survived by her three best friends, Brenda Moomey, Susan Pearcy, and Sharyn Myers, who became family and are considered sisters to Tisa and our family.
Tisa had a voracious love for reading, her dogs, the beach, anything fun, her family, and most of all – her two sons.
A Graveside Memorial Service will be held in her honor, at 10:00 AM, Monday, June 21, 2021, within the Hill Crest Memorial Park, Haughton, LA.
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