Beatrice Mauldin "Bea" Davis

KANNAPOLIS -- Mrs. Beatrice "Bea' Mauldin Davis, 91, passed peacefully Friday, October 25, 2002 at Morningside Assisted Living in Concord, where she had been a resident for the past nine months.
Funeral service is 3:30 PM Sunday, October 27, at First Baptist Church, with Dr. Tom Cabaniss officiating. Interment will be in Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 2:30 PM Sunday at Lady's Funeral Home. They will make headquarters at the home of Dale and Jane Miller, 602 Pearl Avenue, Kannapolis.
Mrs. Davis was born July 18, 1911 in Rowan County, a daughter of the late Jim and Fannie Biles Mauldin. She was the owner of Virginia's, Inc., a women's clothiers in downtown Cannon Village since 1942. Mrs. Davis was a member of First Baptist Church in Kannapolis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar B. Davis; a son, Edgar C. Davis, Sr.; three brothers, Glen Mauldin of Greenwood, SC, Monroe Mauldin of Kannapolis and Robert Mauldin of Houston, TX; and a grandson, Edgar C. Davis, Jr.
Survivors include two sisters, Lorene "Pug' Coggins and Doris Plowman, both of Kannapolis; brother, Bill Mauldin of Concord; grandchildren, Deborah Ketchum of Charlotte, Melanie Keziah and Robert Davis, both of Kannapolis, and Michael Davis of Winston-Salem; six great-grandchildren, Deana Keziah, Christopher Keziah, Brian DAvis and Brittany DAvis, all of Kannapolis, Tricia Tuttle of London, Engalnd, and Matthew Ketchum of Charlotte.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, "Mini Bus Fund,' 101 N. Main Street, Kannapolis, NC 28081.
Lady's Funeral Home of Kannapolis is assisting the Davis family.