Pontotoc Co., OK - Obits: Steven Lee Davis ********************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Rita Floyd USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************************** Obituaries from the Ada Evening News, Pontotoc Co., OK. Date of editions are given at beginning of each section. -------------------------------------------------------- Ada Evening News Paid Obituaries -------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, December 24, 2003 Steven Lee Davis SEMINOLE — Steven Lee Davis was born on March 9, 1985 at Carl Albert Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma to Glenna VanZant and Danny Davis and passed away Saturday, December 20, 2003 in Seminole, Oklahoma at the age of 18. He was a member of Mid-Way Baptist Church in Wewoka and was baptized on August 13, 1995. He had also attended the First Assembly of God in Wetumka. Steven attended Wetumka elementary school, Moss elementary school and completed his education in Wetumka graduating in May of 2003. While attending Wetumka elementary, he was a member of 4-H and he received fourth in state for his quilt. He enjoyed participating in summer baseball in Moss and Wetumka. While attending Moss elementary school, Steven was on the honor roll. In his Junior High and High School career he was on the Academic Team, Band, Drama and Vocal music in which he received awards. Steven also attended ECU’s Upward Bound summer program for 3 years. After High School Steven attended Wes Watkins Vo- tech in Wetumka and received Brain bench certifications in Automotive Industry Knowledge (U.S.) and Computer Fundamentals & Repair, and Networking Technology. Steven participated in Skills contest Regional and State and received 1st place honors at the Skills contest. He received recognition/classroom decorum award in electronics technology. Steven received a scholarship tuition waiver in May 2003. Steven enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. His hobbies were fishing, hunting, drawing, writing, sewing, and listening to music, and auto mechanics & restorations. He had always been a hard worker and enjoyed working with his hands. He had jobs mowing yards, building fences, and enjoyed various other odd jobs. He enjoyed working with his Grandpa Virgil Ward at gun and knife shows and later with his dad Mickey VanZant. He was recently employed at the Wal-Mart Super Center in Seminole. He was very enthusiastic about his job and meeting new people and making new friends. Steven was saving his money to further his education and planning on continuing working at Wal-Mart. Steven Lee Davis was a creative, understanding, and loving young man. He was sensitive to others feelings and needs. He was imaginative and enjoyed creating, drawing, and poetry. Steven, an enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, was very proud of his mixed heritage which also included German, Black Dutch, Irish, and English. He was a patient young man, a good listener, with a quiet demeanor and often shy at times. He touched the lives of the people he met and knew. He did not judge a person when he met them. He gave himself time to get to know a person. He had convictions of right and wrong and stood firm in them. Steven was loved immensely by his family and will be deeply missed by his family and his many friends. Davis was preceded in death by his Great-great-great grandfather, Herman Lee McMullin, his great-great grandfather Glen F. Wyrick, and his grandfathers, John F. VanZant, Luther A. Davis, and Virgil F. Ward, Jr., and his grandmothers, Helen “Muzzy” M. Wyrick, Ida M. VanZant, and Dora E. Ward-Thompson, as well as many other relatives. Survivors include his parents, Mickey and Glenna Vanzant; Grandmothers, Annetta G. Ward, Nellie M. Davis, and his father, Danny D. Davis and wife Judy; Aunt, Jennifer Ward; and a host of other relatives and many friends. Services will be Friday December 26, 2003 at the Midway Baptist Church just south of Wewoka at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Holdenville Cemetery under the direction of Williamson Funeral Home.