Ms. Kay Frances Davis, age 78, passed away Saturday, June 5, 2021.
Ms. Davis was born Friday, December 4, 1942, in Blue Ridge, to the late William T. “Pat” Loving and the late Vernie Mae Arp Loving. Kay was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church on Hardscrabble Road in Mineral Bluff. She was a kind, gentle, loving wife, mother and grandmother. She loved going to church, reading her Bible, spending time with family, listening to gospel music and traveling. As a hobby, she enjoyed coloring inspirational pieces to frame for others as gifts. She was also well known by many for being the best at frying the most delicious potatoes and fish and deer meat brought in fresh by her husband, Junior, an avid angler and hunter. She was good at catching fish herself, too!
She also served her country as a dedicated wife to husband Junior throughout his time served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. The two were inseparable until his passing in 2009, always seen together everywhere and loved by all.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 43 years, Van Davis Jr.; brothers, Ray, Wade, Clois “Buddy” and Clint Loving; sisters, Lois and Ethlee.
Surviving family members that cherished her and will miss her dearly are daughter, Gina Davis; daughter and son-in-law, Crystal and Ricky Thomas; grand-daughters, April (Logan) Wilson and Andrea (Trey) Campbell; and, many other nieces, nephews, cousins, other family members and friends.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at 3 p.m. from Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Hardscrabble Road, Mineral Bluff with the Reverend Paul Adams officiating.
Interment followed in the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery with Reverend Doyle Davis. Serving as pallbearers were Ricky Thomas, Logan Wilson, Trey Campbell, Carlton Davis, Randall Davis and Jim Falls. Honorary pallbearers were Chuck Loving, Bradley Davis, Danny Davis, Gerald Clore and Max Falls.
The family would like to give special thanks to Pruitt Hospice and Registered Nurse Morgan Thomas; sitters Janet Clore and Teri Dulcie; and to all other family and friends.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Henry-Cochran Funeral Home of Blue Ridge.
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