Leon Davis

Published 5:40 am Thursday, April 24, 2025

Funeral services for Leon Davis are to be held Saturday, April 26, in the Greater Grove Street M. B. Church at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Casey D. Fisher officiating. Interment shall follow in the Cypress Gardens Cemetery in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Visitation will be held Friday, April 15, in the funeral home from 5 to 6 p.m.

Leon Davis passed away Sunday, April 13, following a sudden illness. He was 66. He worked for Falco Chemical Co. as a truck driver and was of the Baptist faith.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Matilda Ree Wilson Davis Sr.; his brothers, Frank Davis Jr., James Allen and Henry Davis; and his sisters, Willie Louise Porter, Ollie Mae Thigpen and Frankie Marie Davis.

He is survived by his brother, Lamar Davis; his sisters, Bernice “Sister” Davis, Rosemary Davis, Geneva Davis Porter, Marylean Davis McClain, Geraldine Davis Jackson, Valarie Star Davis,  Annie Davis and Rosemary Alfonso; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and others.