Marvis Holt Davis, a 76-year-old resident of the Kansas City area, died on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004. She was a native of Grundy County.
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Marvis Holt Davis, a 76-year-old resident of the Kansas City area, died on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004. She was a native of Grundy County.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004 at the Floral Hills Chapel in Kansas City.
Mrs. Davis was born on March 15, 1928 in Galt, the daughter of Ora and Dessie Holt. She was a graduate of Trenton Junior College and a 1951 graduate of Northeast Missouri State Teachers College in Kirksville. She taught in rural schoolhouses and in Bethany until her marriage. She was founder/director of Eastwood Hills Preschool.
She is survived by her husband of 49 1/2 years, Rev. Harry B. Davis; six daughters, Dawn, Melody, Delight, Miracle, Heather and Heidi; 12 grandchildren; one brother, Justin Holt; and one sister, Erma Hamilton.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Calvin and Kermit Holt; and one grandson, Matthew Wise.
The family has suggested memorials to the Marvis Holt Davis Memorial Fund. They can be mailed to the First State Bank and Trust, PO Box 219, Tonganoxie, KS 66086.