Emile I. Davis Sr.

DAVIS Emile I. Davis Sr., age 92, passed peacefully to a glorious new life on March 5, 2009. He was born on July 31, 1916 to parents, Emile A. Davis and Viola Nicholas Davis. He was a lifelong resident of New Orleans and a retiree of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, as well as the U.S. Naval Reserve. Emile is survived by his beloved wife of nearly 65 years, Mildred L. Wyble Davis, and four children, Myrna Gajewski, Lauren Glapion (Roy), Kathryn Taylor (Gregory), and Emile I. Davis, Jr. He is preceded in death by his parents and his youngest son, Eric Davis. He is also survived by eight grandchildren, Michelle Pichon, Allison Marcelin, Ernest Lee, Roy Glapion Jr., Todd Glapion, Lori Adair, Stacey Frederick and Nicole Sears; two sisters, Bernice Bozant and Yolande Medley; eighteen great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews. Emile was a World War II veteran and a veteran of the Cuban missile crisis. He was a former parishioner of St. Mary of the Angels Church. Friends and relatives of the family, as well as employees of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Naval Reserve Squadron VP-821, Kenner Home Depot, New Orleans Police Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, members of the ETG Social and Pleasure Club, and the Vietnam Dog Handlers Association are invited to attend a Mass of Christian burial at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, 7300 Crowder Blvd., New Orleans, LA, on March 11, 2009 11:00 a.m. Visitation 9:30 a.m in the church. Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery. Charbonnet-Labat-Glapion, Directors 581-4411