Obituary: Mary Elizabeth Cummings
Source: The Daily Progress, Saturday, September 27, 2003
Contributor: Dennis Truslow, aquaair@erols.com
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  Mary Elizabeth Davis Cummings (Toni) returned to be with our Heavenly Father on Thursday, 
Sept. 25, 2003, she was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and 
friend to many in the Charlottesville area where she had lived all her life.
  Her greatest joy was found in being with her family, evenings at home with her sweetheart 
Bruce and their seven children were a weekly event where memories and love were fostered, 
through the years, especially after the passing of Bruce, she loved gathering with her 27 
grandchildren, to sing favorite songs, study the scriptures and tell stories of the " good 
old days", she is remembered with love by her children, Mary Cummings (Carole) of Plano, 
Texas, Shannon Cummings (Lorri) of Pleasant Grove, Utah, Beth Fletcher ( Tom) of Orem Utah, 
Mike Cummings ( Kim) of Greene County, Va., Calvin Cummings (Darlene) of Danville, Va., 
Enos Cummings (Deanne) of Ogden, Utah,and Eber Cummings (Sonia) of Newport News, Va. Mary 
was known for her compassionate service and generosity for all who approached her in need, 
her fresh bakes rolls, casseroles, and applesauce cakes lifted the spirits of many for 
years, people would wait in line to purchase her home-baked goods in the family front yard 
bake sales.
  She was a life-long member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, for 
decades she led and participated in the children’s Primary Programs in the church and 
touched for good the lives of many youth, her children and grandchildren have followed her 
example through faithful service to the church, their families and their communities. Born 
November 28, 1926, she was the second of seven children of Clarence Coleman Davis Sr., and 
Hattie Lillian Wells Davis of Afton, (Nelson County), Va., she is remembered fondly by her 
sisters, Mable Pugh, and Ruth Davis of Greenwood, Va., and Dorothy Herring of Charlottes-
ville, Va., her brother Donald Davis of Batesville, Va., she is preceded in death by her 
husband, Martin Bruce Cummings, and her parents, her sister, Joyce Davis, and her brothers, 
Clarence Davis Jr., and Billy Davis. In her youth she love playing sports with her siblings 
and children, she played on her high school basketball team, In her later years, she loved 
following the Uva and Byu basketball and football teams and would often call her children 
to discuss the games, her wisdom was passed to her children through short quotes and 
sayings that are still remembered, she will also be remembered as the checkers champion of 
King Street.
  The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, at Teague Funeral Home 
in Charlottesville. Funeral services will be Monday, Sept. 29, at 1 p.m. at the Church of 
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Hydraulic road, interment will be at Riverview Cemetery, 
in lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to the Missionary Fund for the Church of Jesus 
Christ of Latter Day Saints, c/o Bishop John Oliva 1635 Maiden Lane, Charlottesville, Va., 
22911. We love you Mom.

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