Melissa Anne Davis Twait

MELISSA WAS BORN IN WALTHAM ON MARCH 10, 1955, A DAUGHTER OF ROBERT DAVIS AND THE LATE BARBARA (COX) DAVIS. SHE WAS A LONG-TIME PART RESIDENT OF DENNIS PORT HAVING SPENT A NUMBER OF YEARS IN BOTH FLORIDA AND MASSACHUSETTS. SHE WAS A PARISHIONER OF ST. JOHN PARISH IN NAPLES.

MELISSA WORKED AS A CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENT WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 2021 AFTER 37 YEARS. THROUGHOUT HER LIFE SHE WAS AN AVID TRAVELER. SHE LOVED VACATIONING WITH HER FAMILY ACROSS THE WORLD AND ON THE CAPE, SPENDING TIME WITH HER HUSBAND AND TWO DAUGHTERS. IN HER SPARE TIME SHE ENJOYED COOKING, GARDENING, KAYAKING, TAKING WALKS, AND MOST OF ALL BEING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND DANIEL TWAIT, HER DAUGHTER KELSEY TWAIT, HER DAUGHTER KATHERINE TWAIT, HER FATHER ROBERT DAVIS, HER BROTHER MARK DAVIS, HER BROTHER ROBERT DAVIS JR., HER SISTER BONNIE DAVIS O’LEARY, HER BROTHER JEFFREY DAVIS.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL HONOR AND REMEMBER MELISSA'S LIFE BY GATHERING FOR A PRAYER SERVICE ON FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2024 AT 2:00 PM AT DOANE BEAL AND AMES, 729 ROUTE 134, SOUTH DENNIS, MA 02660.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE IN MEMORY OF MELISSA ANNE DAVIS TWAIT TO SUPPORT CANCER RESEARCH AND PATIENT CARE AT:

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute directing your gift toward The Jimmy Fund

P.O. Box 849168

Boston, MA 02284

or via dana-farber.org/gift.