Darla Kay Davis

Darla Kay Davis (11/2/1968 - 07/23/2024)
Darla Kay Davis (née Week) was born in Ely, Minnesota to Robert and Andrea Week. She
graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Babbitt, Minnesota in 1987. Darla was very active in sports, groups, and church. She received many awards for singing, playing the piano, and track and field. Darla had an excellent sense of style and won multiple awards for being best dressed. Her kindness showed when she was nominated as Miss Congeniality by her fellow contestants in a local pageant. After high school, she went on to study and work in business in Minneapolis. She also traveled with a singing group throughout Europe and Russia.
After working in business for many years, she became a mother and homemaker.
Darla met Parnell Davis and married in Saint Thomas, USVI in 1995 on a cliff overlooking the ocean. They lived in Minneapolis until they bought their first home in Coon Rapids, where they continued to live until her passing. They welcomed five children, Aaron, Ariana, Ashlyn, Avery, and Aiden. She was a very attentive mother and attended every play, sports event, concert, and pageant. Darla treasured her time watching and playing with her grandchild, Miles, whom she adored. As a family, they especially loved swimming in their pool at home and vacationing yearly in Longville, Minnesota.
Darla had a love of dogs and always had them in her life. She was a big supporter of the
ASPCA. Darla loved swimming, shopping, and getting her nails done. However, her greatest joy in life was spending time with her family.
Darla will always be remembered for her kindness, sense of humor, and perfect penmanship.
She also had a knack for remembering the name of everyone she's ever met. We couldn't have asked for a better wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, or friend, and will miss her every day. Her memory will live on in the hearts of all those who loved her.
Darla is survived by husband, Parnell Davis; children, Aaron, Ariana, Ashlyn, Avery, and Aiden Davis; grandson, Miles Davis; father, Robert Week; mother, Andrea Mills; siblings, Darren (Melissa) Week and Dene (Lance) Weatherly; and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation is on August 4, 2024 from 1 - 4 PM at Washburn-McReavy, 1827 Coon Rapids Blvd NW, Coon Rapids, MN 55433. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the American Kidney Fund (https://www.kidneyfund.org/).