Lowndes County GaArchives Obituaries.....Boatwright, Carmen Etteinne Davis October 25, 2013
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Atkinson County Citizen - October 31, 2013
 Carmen Etteinne Davis Boatwright, 78, of Valdosta died on October 25, 2013, at 
the Langdale Hospice House. 

 She was born in Fitzgerald, GA on January 9, 1935, to the late Ralph Alexander 
and Etteinne McCranie Davis. Mrs. Boatwright attended Martha Berry School for 
Girls in high school and was a graduate of Georgia State College for Women in 
Milledgeville, GA with a degree in Home Economics and Nutrition. She was 
employed at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta until her marriage to Lt. 
Charles Adams Boatwright in 1957.

 During her husband’s career as an Air Force pilot, Mrs. Boatwright enjoyed 
living in Europe and throughout the United States. After her husband’s 
retirement from the Air Force, she taught English Literature at Atkinson County 
High School. Upon her retirement they moved to Valdosta. In 2004, Mrs. 
Boatwright was instrumental in helping establish the St. Francis Ministry for 
Animals at Christ Episcopal Church in Valdosta. This ministry is devoted to the 
rescue and care of homeless and abandoned animals. She has been a life-long 
advocate of animal rights and animal rescue.

 Survivors include her husband of 56 years. Charles Adams Boatwright of 
Valdosta; daughter and son-in-law, Etteinne and Champion Mitchell of Newburn, 
NC; grandson, Morgan Benjamin Andreiev who is attending Ol” Miss; niece, Denise 
Davis Straight of Willacoochee; nephew, Donald O’Neal Davis, Jr. of Foley, AL, 
and her sister-in-law, Carole Sheffield Davis of Willacoochee. She was preceded 
in death by her brother, Donald O’Neal Davis, and her step-mother, Edith Parker 
Davis.

 A memorial service for Carmen Etteinne Davis Boatwright was held on Monday, 
October 28, 2013, at 10 a.m. at Christ Episcopal Church with The Rev. Joy 
Cantrell, The Rev. Tar Drazdowski, and The Rev. Deacon Patricia Marks 
officiating. The family will receive friends in the Parish Hall following the 
service to celebrate her life and memory. 

The committal service was held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday following the service and 
celebration at the Willacoochee Cemetery in Willacoochee. 

 In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Ministry for 
Animals c/o Christ Episcopal Church.



 Carson McLane Funeral Home, Valdosta, GA.

 



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