Name: Blount & Curry Funeral Home-MacDill Avenue
Address: Tampa, FL

I was sorry to read about the loss of your loved one Helen. I can see in her life time she made many changes for the better for those who had been treated in justly. I would like to comfort all who knew her in knowing  there will come a time wheen they can see her again. Please read Isiah 26:19

Ms. Helen will be remembered for her passion for people, family, and life. My condolences to her family and friends. Isaiah 40:1

Helen Gordon Davis was an advocate. She was a Change Agent. She was a consultant.
She was an Adviser. She was a Facilitator of indigenous support systems. She had a vision and fulfilled it. I will pray for all family members, especially her son Gordon Davis. 
Shalom
Christine Diaz

Helen was a good friend of my mother's and a fixture in the family's life. In the 60s my mother (Pat Bond), Helen,  and a formidable group of League of Women Voters' colleagues were a kind of girl gang, the Liberal Housewives of Tampa, Florida for their era but with serious causes to their credit like integration and women's rights, instead of parities and vacations. Not that they didn't throw some good parties for the cause! Helen was an unusual combination of glamorous and sensitive, a little bit intimidating to a my young Quaker self,  but always around in one way or another. I remember at fourteen going on a voter registration drive in South Tampa with Helen and her daughter Stephaniejust as glamorous as her motherbut there we all were trudging door-to-door registering  voters on a Saturday morning.   It is hard to imagine that she is not around anymore. I admired her tenacity and elegance, and continue to admire all that she accomplished in her life. My thoughts go out to her family: may they be comforted in the coming days by the love of family and friends and pride in having nurtured such a soul in their midst. May the Lord bless her and keep her and make his face to shine upon her and grant her peace (Num 6:2426).

Lorena and Gordon: my sincere condolences for this most remarkable woman. Un abrazo.

Sally and i will miss Helen, we are very sad for all of you. Helen was very kind to us.

Gordon, I would like to express my sincere condolences to you and your family. Your mother was a remarkable person and always fun to be around. What a great MOM! I know my Grandmother, Catherine Mellon admired all that Helen did with women's league of voters.May peace and comfort find you and your family during this difficult time.

As a Florida Senator Helen Gordon Davis was a champion for all. She dedicated her life and work to helping everyone. What a shining example she is to all those that followed in her foot steps. She will be sorely missed.  May you RIP. Jo Easton, Tampa, Florida

My father, the late Gardner W. Beckett, Jr., was a civil lawyer and the head of the Legal Panel of the Pinellas County Chapter of the ACLU until his death in 1993. He spoke with affection and admiration of Helen, both of whom were unwavering champions of civil liberties. So happy to have had the good fortunate to have had lunch with Helen and women's history writer and professor, Doris Weatherford, several years ago to learn further of the works Helen and Gardner shared. RIP. My sympathy to the family.

R.I.P. Helen Gordon Davis you did real good!  Thank you for your service to the people of Florida and women everywhere.  It was hard to find support for ratification of the E.R.A. back in 1977 when I first came to Florida but there you were, along with Pat Frank, Betty Castor and Nancy Ford.  It was your support and the work that we did that inspired the work that I ended up doing in California.  The fight goes on and your work will be continued.  We will elect a woman President of the United States and America WILL ratify the E.R.A.

Helen,
        May our Lord the Good Shepherd, Bless you for finishing your assignment. Job well done!

A long time role model for so many.  Her voice and her passions will continue to echo through the ages!

Only an incredible woman of such accomplishments herself, could raise such a daughter in her footsteps as my neighbor Karen Davis. May love and cherished memories help support the Davis families and community at this time.

OBITUARY

Helen Gordon Davis

December 25, 1926 – May 18, 2015

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