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Pearl Mae Davis

Posted 4/30/08

Pearl Mae Davis, 92 HARTLY - Pearl Mae Davis, of Hartly, passed away on Saturday, April 26, 2008, in Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital, Dover. She was 92. Ms. Davis was born on March 16, 1916, in …

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Pearl Mae Davis

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Pearl Mae Davis, 92

HARTLY - Pearl Mae Davis, of Hartly, passed away on Saturday, April 26, 2008, in Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital, Dover. She was 92.

Ms. Davis was born on March 16, 1916, in Millsboro, to the late Samuel and Martha E. Jackson Thompson.

She was a homemaker.

Ms. Davis loved to cook, loved Emeril Lagasse recipes, loved to laugh, and loved to dance.

She was a very happy person that will be greatly missed.

Ms. Davis lived for her grandkids and had the cleanest house ever kept.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Delphine Davis in 2002; and several other siblings.

Ms. Davis is survived by one son, Alonzo F. Davis of Hartly; one daughter, Marguerette H. Gardner of Hartly; one son-in-law, Tyrone Gardner of Clayton; four grandchildren, Dwayne Davis and wife Sharon, Darlene Cunningham and husband Val, Neville Coleman, and Patrick Britt and wife Nicole; four great-grandchildren, Shawn Jack and wife Becky, Chenitra Jack, Valentino Cunningham, and Kirsten Davis; and three great-great-grandchildren, Davonte Adams, Savanna Jack, and Darius Jack; two stepdaughters, Betty Coleman of Hartly, and Carol Lee Hall of Florida; one brother, Howdy Thompson of Millsboro; one sister-in-law, Bertha Thompson of Millsboro; her two dearest friends, Margaret Henson and Phoebe Martin; and a host of nieces, nephews, and many friends.

Services will be 2 p.m. Friday in Watson Funeral Home, 211 S. Washington St., Millsboro, where friends may call one hour before.

The Rev. Claudia Waters will officiate.

Interment will be in the Harmony United Methodist Church Cemetery, Millsboro.

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