Wanda Pauline Davis

Published 12:14 pm Friday, April 8, 2016

Funeral services for Wanda Pauline Davis will be 10 a.m. Saturday, April 9, 2016, at Springhill M.B. Church. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Dillon-Chisley Funeral Home.

Visitation is Friday from 2 to 6 p.m. at the funeral home, and Saturday at the church from 9 a.m. until the hour of service.

Ms. Davis died April 3, 2016, at Merit Health Central Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. She was 64.

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A graduate of Rosa A. Temple High School, Class of 1970, she received an Associate of Arts Degree in Education from Utica Junior College, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Mississippi Valley State University.

She retired from Vicksburg Warren Public Schools in 2014 after 40 years of service. She was a member of the local and national chapters of the Mississippi Valley State University Alumni Associations, the Reunite Civic and Social Club, the Warren County Baptist Association, and various other organizations throughout the city.

A member of Bright Morning Star M.B. Church, she served as secretary of the church for over 25 years, and also served as secretary of the Sunday School.

She was preceded in death by her father, Lloyd Davis Sr., and three brothers, Lloyd Davis Jr., Eddie Davis and the Rev. Leevon Skinner.

Survivors include two sons, Leo Davis of Jackson and Sherrod Davis of Irving, Texas, a daughter, Amanda Michelle Davis of Knoxville, Tenn., her mother, Velma Skinner Davis of Vicksburg, one brother, Raleigh Davis of Vicksburg, one sister, Arnette Davis Warren of Clinton; five grandchildren, and other relatives and friends, including the Skinner, Harris, and Davis families of Vicksburg.