Virginia "Ginny" Marie Fournier Davis was born on August 26, 1936 in Lewiston, Maine to John Henry Fournier and Mildred Foster Fournier. She graduated from Edward Little High School and started working at the now historic Bates Mill in Lewiston, Maine. Shortly after, she met Claude Allen Davis, Sr. and married him in Lewiston, Maine on October 5th, 1956. They settled in Raleigh where “Ginny,” an entrepreneur at heart, opened a daycare. “Ginny’s Nursery” was in operation for over twenty years and she lovingly cared for scores of children over the years. After she closed it down, she cared for blind people for the state of North Carolina for several years, until she decided to retire.
She is survived by her son, Claude Allen Davis, Jr. of Pleasant Garden, North Carolina, her daughter, Donna Davis Everhart and husband, Blaine Everhart of Dunn, North Carolina, three grandchildren, Justin Ryan Kearney of Raleigh, North Carolina, Laura Brooke Kearney of Linden, North Carolina, Kyle Davis of Pleasant Garden, NC, and two great-grandchildren, Payton Allen Godwin and Abigail Marie Godwin, both of Linden, North Carolina, and a sister, Isabel Moser of Marion, Ohio.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Allen Davis, Sr., of Raleigh, North Carolina, brothers, John Fournier of Troy, Michigan, Bob Fournier of Pontiac, Michigan, Norman Fournier of Arizona, and Al Fournier of Milford, Connecticut, Ernest Sousa of New Jersey, and sister, Louisa Russell of Auburn. Maine.
A reception and service are scheduled for August 22, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. at Mitchell Funeral Home at 7209 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, North Carolina. All are welcome to attend to celebrate “Ginny’s” life.
Flowers, condolences may be sent to Mitchell Funeral Home at 7209 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, North Carolina. Or, you may donate to SECU Hospice House, 426 Hospital Rd, Smithfield, NC 27577 in honor of Virginia Davis.
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