Geraldine Terry Davis

Mrs. Geraldine Terry Davis, 73, of 986 Ayers Rd., Glade Hill, Va., passed Sunday morning, November 2, 2008, at her residence. Born June 18, 1935, in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Willie Harvey Terry and Mrs. Annie Craighead Terry. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William L. Davis Sr.; two sons, Lewis and Willie Davis; and four brothers, Lewis, Robert, James and John Terry. Mrs. Davis was a homemaker and a member of Rising Sun Missionary Baptist Church in Penhook, Va. She is survived by five daughters, Laverne Musgrove, Doris Musgrove and Katrina Gravely (William), all of Glade Hill, Va., Joyce Sowell, of Alexandria, Va., and Sheila Campbell (Dale), of Penhook, Va.; two sons, Ronald Terry, of Rocky Mount, Va., and William (W.L.) Davis Jr. (Joyce), of Glade Hill, Va.; three sisters, Susie Terry and Roberta Terry, of Penhook, Va., and Shirley Williams, of Washington, D.C.; one brother, Ray Terry, of Penhook; three sisters-in-law; 10 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Wednesday at Rising Sun Missionary Baptist Church by the Rev. Anthony Woody with interment in the Davis Family Cemetery in Penhook. The family will receive friends at the church Tuesday evening from 7 to 8 p.m. Miller Funeral Home, Gretna, is in charge of arrangements.