Libby Spicer Davis
Mrs. Jennie Elizabeth “Libby” Spicer Davis, age 90, a resident of the Memphis area, died Friday morning, June 16, 2023, at the Quail Ridge Memory Care-Senior Living in Bartlett.
Graveside services were held on Tuesday, June 20, at 1 p.m. at Antioch Cemetery near Hornbeak, with Bro. Bobby Barnett officiating.
There was no public visitation.
Family and friends served as pallbearers.
Mrs. Davis was born April 13, 1933, in Obion County to the late Iva (Summers) and Clarence Spicer Sr. She married James “Jimmy” M. Davis April 28, 1951, who preceded her in death on Nov. 26, 1993.
Mrs. Davis was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was a member of Shelby Forrest Baptist Church in Millington.
She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Terry (Jeanette) Davis of Memphis; three grandchildren, Jennifer (Neil) Stanley of Memphis, Michael (Tori) Davis of Collierville and Nathan Davis of Memphis; two great-grandchildren, Hudson Davis and Ainsli Davis, both of Collierville; several nieces and nephews, Patricia Callicott and Mitzi Hailey, both of Union City, Lana Thompson of Dresden, Joe Denton of Samburg, Sue Foster of Waterford, Mich., and Tamera Wiberg of Fort Myers, Fla.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one daughter, Marsha Wakefield; two sisters, Zelma Denton and Jerry Short; one brother, Clarence “Toonie” Spicer Jr.; one niece, Claudia Short Murphy; and two nephews, Mark Spicer and Gary Spicer.
White Ranson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.
The Messenger/6.21.23
