Florence Cameron Davis died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, at River Region Medical Center. She was 89.

Mrs. Davis united 68 years ago with the Jackson Street M.B. Church, where she remained faithful until her health began to fail. At Jackson Street, she served on the mother board.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Judge and Elmonia Cosby Cameron; her husband, Fred D. Davis Sr.; four sisters, Georgia C. Broadway, Fannie L. Hall, Almer “Betty” Apple and Ivory C. “Honey” McGriggs; two brothers, Major Cameron Sr. and Judge Cameron Jr.; and a daughter, Mildred G. Davis.

Survivors include two sisters, Alcy C. Ussery of Detroit and Patsy C. Scott of Niagara Falls, N.Y.; daughter, Betty Davis Brown of Syracuse, N.Y.; son, Fred D. (Mary) Davis of Vicksburg; four granddaughters, Florence E. (David) Miles and Sabrina G. Davis, both of Vicksburg, Kimberly E. Brown of Syracuse and Charlotte A. Gordon of Clinton; three grandsons, Maurice L. Davis Sr. and Reginald D. Davis, both of Vicksburg, and Gregory A. Brown of Syracuse; three great-grandsons, Cory, Maurice Jr. and Reginald; and other relatives and friends, including members of the Cameron, Cosby, Hall, McGriggs, McGowan and Collier families.

Services will be at noon Saturday at Jackson Street M.B. Church with the Rev. Michael Wesley officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held today from noon until 7 p.m. at Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home with the family present from 5 until 7 p.m. and also at the church on Saturday from 10 a.m. until the hour of service.

In lieu of flowers, the Davis family is asking that donations be made to the Jackson Street M.B. Church Building Fund, c/o Mr. Fred D. Davis, 105 Maria Drive, Vicksburg, MS 39180.