Ardilia Davis

Graveside service for Ardilia M. “Nan” Davis, 91, of Keene, will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, November 17, 2022, in Hopewell Cemetery. The Reverend Forrest Hart will officiate. Pallbearers will be Ricky Jewell, Jr., Jeremy Jewell, Coty Jewell, Lex Gilliland, Ryan Brady, Zach Brady, Braxton Davis and Chris Morris.

Ardilia M. “Nan” Davis passed away on Monday, November 14, 2022 in Fort Worth. She was born on January 10, 1931 in Bristol, Texas to Elvie Lee and Thelma Ollie Jewel Leggett Cryer. She married Charles Jefferson Davis, Jr. on September 22, 1945 in Alvarado, he preceded her in death on July 2, 1997. She was a homemaker and an ordained Pentecostal minister for over 55 years and was a member of Calvary Temple in Lillian.

Nan is survived by her four children, Charles Davis and wife Era of Keene, Judy Russell of Alvarado, Wanda Jewell and husband Ricky of Stephenville and Harold Davis and wife Mellissa of Siloam Spring, Arkansas; 26 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren and 8 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; one brother, Floyd Cryer; two sisters, Betty Hunter and Lucille Phillips; and a host of other relatives and friends.