Lutie M. Davis

Services for Lutie Davis, 86, of Lufkin, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, November 29, 2013 in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. P. A. DuBose and Tracy Lane officiating. Interment will follow in the Hebron Cemetery in Broaddus.

Mrs. Davis was born April 2, 1927 in San Augustine County, Texas, the daughter of the late Winnie Iverna (Hickman) and Elbert Freddy Wright, and passed away November 25, 2013.

She attended school in Broaddus and at Massey School. She graduated from Vocational Nursing School at Memorial Hospital in Nacogdoches in 1967. She fulfilled a lifetime career of nursing until she retired in 2009. She married Riley Davis in 1941. She loved traveling, dancing and had a big heart. She was a loving mother and grandmother. Mrs. Davis was a member of Kelty’s Baptist Church and Eastern Star Chapter # 291 in Jasper.

She is survived by daughter, Mildred White of Hemphill; son and daughter-in-law, Roy and Judy Davis of Lufkin; daughter and son-in-law, Charlotte and Larry Havard of Zavalla; daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and Weldon Hunter of Diboll; brother, Orville Wright of Livingston; 11 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins; and special friends, Sara Costello and Wayne Small.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by husband, Riley Davis; son, Elbert Davis; 4 grandchildren; two sisters and one brother.

Pallbearers are Robert White, Danny White, David Wilson, Les Bailey, Richard Davis, Keith McClelland, Jason Gunn, Gary Haddock and Ricky Gibson.

The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Friday prior to the service at the funeral home.

Condolences may be offered at www.gipsonfuneralhome.com

Services have been placed in the trust of Gipson Funeral Home.