UNICOI COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Fred Gerard Davis, 2 Feb 2004
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Erwin, TN. Fred Gerard Davis, 75, died Monday, February 2, 2004 at home after
an extended illness. Fred was born August 2, 1928 in Erwin where he lived most
of his life. He was a son of the late Dock Davis Sr. and Mamie Ada Johnson
Davis. He attended UCHS and was a member of the football team. He attended
ETSU and served in the US Air Force for 12 years. He was employed as an
insurance agent for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and later retired from
the US Postal Service in Erwin. He served on the Unicoi County Commission for
ten years, serving as budget and finance chairman and County Court
representative to the Unicoi County Memorial Hospital Board of Directors.

Fred was named "Citizen of the Year" in 1982 jointly with his wife Barbara for
significant contribution to the Unicoi County Heritage Museum. He was a Mason
and a member of Centennial Lodge #491, having served as treasurer. He was a
member of the Jericho Shrine Temple, serving as secretary treasurer of the
Erwin Shrine Club. Fred taught Sunday School in the early years as Central
Baptist Church was organized where he retained his membership.

Survivors include: His wife Barbara Sellars Davis, Erwin; one daughter:
Marcella Davis-Burks and husband Brad Burks, Charlotte; one son: Steven Davis
and wife Lynda Hargroves Davis, Bristol; two grandsons: Justin Davis, Johnson
City & Patrick Davis, Unicoi; two step daughters Elizabeth Dolinger and
husband Charlie, Johnson City & Hannah Hargroves, Bristol; one step grandson
Joseph Clark, Elk Garden, VA; step great-grandchildren: Sidney Dolinger &
Samuel Dolinger.

Funeral services were held at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, February 4, 2004 in the
Chapel of Valley Funeral Home. Rev. J. Robert Ambler officiated. Vocal
selections were provided by Lynda Davis and family. Internment followed at the
Evergreen Cemetery, Erwin TN with Masonic Rites provided by Centennial Lodge
#491 with Bro. Carlyle Love officiating. Pallbearers were Steven Davis, Justin
Davis, Patrick Davis, Brad Burks, Jerry McNabb & Mark Sellars. The family
received friends from 6:30 P.M. until 8:30 P.M. Tuesday, February 3, 2004, at
Valley Funeral Home. Online condolences can be Emailed to the family through
our Website at www.valleyfuneralhome.net.

These arrangements were made especially for the family and friends of Fred G.
Davis thorough Valley Funeral Home, 1085 N. Main Ave., Erwin (423)743-9187.

Note: Music for visitation, prelude & postlude for service was provided by
tape of Classical & Religious Selections on piano played by Barbara Sellars
Davis that were previously taped by Fred G. Davis. The opening song for the
service, "In the Presence of Jehovah" was recorded by Damaris Carbaugh of The
Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. The solo for the service, "It's Jesus" was written
and sung by Lynda Hargroves Davis with Charlie Dolinger accompanying her on
guitar. The musical interlude was the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's version of
"The Lord is My Shepherd."  Postlude was "Liebestraum" played by Barbara
Sellars Davis, previously taped by Fred G. Davis.  


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