Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Davis, Laura Lee Clements February 21, 2004
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Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - Thursday, February 26, 2004
NORFOLK Laura Lee Clements Davis, 85, went to be with the Lord Saturday, Feb. 21 
2004, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Mrs. Davis was a native of Norfolk 
and was the daughter of the late Rev. William Allen and Gertrude Collins 
Clements. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward "Kit" Davis, her son, 
Stephen Davis, her sister, Edith Halstead and her brother, Hyram Clements. 

Mrs. Davis was a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School, Class of 1936. 
She also attended the Virginia Union Extension College in Norfolk. She perfected 
the art of culinary cooking and worked in Norwalk, Conn., for 30 years. She 
retired and returned to Norfolk in 1980. 

Mrs. Davis joined Mount Olive Baptist Church under the pastorship of Dr. Harvey 
C. Johnson Sr. as a young child and was active in all church activities 
especially the church choir. She loved to sing and received training from the 
Patterson Voice and Piano School. Once she returned to Norfolk, she renewed her 
membership at Mount Olive Baptist Church and was a member of the Senior Choir, 
the Golden Years Auxiliary, and the Addie Dinkins Missionary Society. Mrs. Davis 
also maintained contact with her Booker T. Washington Alumni Association. 

Survivors include two grandsons, Ian and Michael Davis and a daughter-in-law, 
Leila Davis, all of St. Louis, Mo.; a brother, William J. Clements and wife 
Vivian B. Clements of Portsmouth; sister-in-law, Mary A. Clements of Norwalk, 
Conn.; nieces, Beatrice Woods of Virginia Beach, Margaret McIntyre, Debra 
Clements, both of Norfolk, and Anne Clements, of Norwalk, Conn.; and nephew, 
George W. Halstead III and his wife Debbie Crim Halstead of Crete, Ill.; 
numerous great- nieces, -nephews, and cousins, and a host of other relatives and 
friends. 

The funeral will be conducted at noon Friday at Graves Funeral Home, 1631 Church 
St., Norfolk, by the Rev. John R. Davis. The family will meet at the funeral 
home at 11 a.m. and will receive friends prior to the noon service. Burial will 
be in Calvary Cemetery .

Additional Comments:
Calvary Cemetery

DAVIS, LAURA 100	Section 20, Block 20, Lot 152, Space NW	85 02/27/2004

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