Lula Davis

LULA DAVIS, 93, DEPARTED THIS LIFE FOR LIFE ETERNAL, ON APRIL 28TH, 2018 AT 2:50 A.M. LULA WAS BORN ON MARCH 4, 1925 IN NEW MADRID, MO AS ONE OF SEVENTEEN CHILDREN TO THE LATE REV. JAMES R. AND SARAH JANE RUPBERT-BELL.

LULA WAS REARED IN THE MISSOURI SCHOOL SYSTEM,AND LATER GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL FROM WESTERN SCHOOL IN KANSAS CITY, MO. LULA PROFESSED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE UNDER THE TUTELADGE OF HER FATHER A LOCAL PASTOR. SHE LATER MET AND MARRIED THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, JAMES EDWARD DAVIS, SR., MOVED TO PEORIA, ILLINOIS AND TO THIS UNION 7 CHILDREN WERE BORN: JAMES JR.(JIMMY),ROBERT SR.,JOHN SR.,MARY,JEANETTE,JULIA,BRENDA.

UPON MOVING TO PEORIA, THE DAVIS FAMILY UNITED WITH MORNING STAR MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REV. J.H. ROGERS, LATER UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REV. CALVIN HIGHTOWER AND SERVED FAITHFULLY UNTIL LATER UNITING WITH NEW CORNERSTONE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH,IN WHICH SHE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR.MARK MCCONNELL. LULA HAD A LOVE FOR MINISTRY AND SERVED FAITHFULLY IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES SUCH AS: MISSION DEPARTMENT , CHOIR, MOTHERS MINISTRY OR WHEREVER NEEDED.

LULA WAS EMPLOYED WITH LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES FROM WHICH SHE RETIRED,LATER SERVING THE CRITTENDON CENTER AS A FOSTER GRANDPARENT. IN THIS LIFE, LULA HAD A SPECIAL LOVE FOR THE FAMILY SHE ADORED.

PRECEEDING HER IN DEATH WAS HER HUSBAND, JAMES SR. AND ONE SON; ROBERT SR. , ONE GREAT-GRANCHILD, BOTH PARENTS, 15 BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND MANY LOVED ONES.

LEFT BEHIND TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES ARE HER CHILDREN: JAMES E. JR.(ROSEZANNE) OF RIVERDALE, GEORGIA; EVANGELIST MARY L. BOLDEN OF PERIMETER, GEORGIA; JEANETTE (BOBBIE) BONDS OF MILWAUKEE,WISCONSIN; JULIA(REV. BOBBY) GRUBBS OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS; JOHN SR. OF KAHULUI,HAWAII AND BRENDA(ELDER STUART) BENTON OF HAMPTON, GEORGIA. SHE ALSO LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY ONE SISTER: ROSIE HURT, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS. ALSO TO CONTINUE HER LEGACY SHE LEAVES BEHIND : 17 GRANDCHILDREN, 47 GREAT -GRANDCHILDREN, AND 7 GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND FRIENDS.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 10:00 AM ON SATURDAY MAY 5, 2018 AT NEW CORNERSTONE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN PEORIA WITH VISITATION ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT PARKVIEW CEMETERY IN PEORIA.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE NEW CORNERSTONE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN PEORIA.