Glenn Ruffin Davis

Glenn Ruffin Davis May 24, 1925 – July 13, 2015 Glenn Ruffin Davis, 90, of Wilson passed away Monday. His funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Wednesday at Shiloh Pentecostal Holiness Church, 5843 Shiloh Church Road, Wilson. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. The Rev. Elwood Long will officiate. The family will receive friends 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson and other times at the residence. Glenn served his country honorably and faithfully with the U.S. Army during War World II. He served in many positions at Shiloh Church, including Sunday school superintendent, deacon, and secretary/treasurer. Glenn retired with the Federal Department of Agriculture. He later worked with George Hicks Chrysler-Plymouth Motor Company and owned and operated his own used car dealership, Glenn R. Davis and Associates. Glenn is survived by his wife of sixty-four years, Velma Lucas Davis, of the home; his sons, Stanley Davis and wife, Gail, of Wilson, Keith Davis and wife, Susan, of Sims, and Robbie Davis and wife, Cathy, of Bailey; his grandchildren, Shanna Wood and husband, Ricky, Blake Sanders, Jonathan Davis and wife, Allison, Meagan Eldridge and husband, Justin, and Jason Lee and wife, Erin; his great-grandchildren, Kaleb Wood, Silas Wood, Jarrah Wood, Alexi Sanders, Landen Sanders, and Keira London Lee, and his brothers, Hoover Davis and wife, Mildred, of Bailey, and Kenneth Davis and wife, JoAnn, of Goldsboro. He was preceded in death by his parents, William Ruffin Davis and Bertha Cockrell Davis; his sisters, Mary Lee Davis Peacock and Montie Davis Barnes, and his brothers, Franklin Davis and Selby Davis. Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made in Glenn’s memory to the Shiloh Pentecostal Holiness Church, 5843 Shiloh Church Road, Wilson, NC 27896. Condolences may be directed to www.joyners.net.