Mr. Clovis "Dave" Davis Jr.

DAVIS, JR., Mr. Clovis "Dave" - Age 71, passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at Genesys Health Park. Family hour 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at Divine Grace Ministries, 3271 E. Atherton Rd., Burton, MI., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Pastor Michael Townsend, officiating, Apostle Bobby Johnson, Host Pastor. Interment Crestwood Memorial Cemetery, G-2020 E. Hill Rd., Grand Blanc, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Mr. Davis will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 1-8 p.m. Tuesday. Mr. Clovis “Dave” Davis Jr. was born July 29, 1942 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Dave was the oldest son born to the union of Clovis Foster and Jessie Lee Davis. Dave gave his life to Christ at an early age in Bossier City, Louisiana. Dave graduated from Charlotte-Mitchell High School in Bossier City, Louisiana. After graduation, Dave relocated to Flint, Michigan in 1966, and four years later entered into Holy Matrimony to Shirley Ann Wyatt on April 18, 1970. Dave retired from General Motors after 27 years of dedicated employment. Due to his employment, he was able to facilitate many of his relatives to relocate to Flint to find gainful employment. Dave had many talents, but the greatest talent was his love for cooking for his family. He will always be remembered as the “Barbeque Pit Master.” Dave and Shirley communed daily by reading of the Word, and worshipping with praise music. His favorite scripture was Psalm 91, and 1John 4:17. Dave leaves in God’s care: his loving and dedicated wife of 43 years, Mrs. Shirley Ann Davis; four daughters, Rayetta Wyatt, Yolanda (Kevin) Shumpert of Grand Blanc, MI, Marquise (Bennie) Collins of Flushing, MI, La’Sasha (Akeen) Grayer of Indianapolis, IN; one son, Marvin (Mary) Wyatt of Grand Blanc, MI; 12 grandchildren, Darius B, Taylor (Baby Girl), Tyler, Mervin, Darius W., Elishua, Jarius, Marquonda, Miracle, JaKelen, Brandy, and Brianne; 4 great-grandchildren, Akeen Jr, Jalen, Ella Grace, and Zochar; 1 daugher in law, Akadija Wyatt of Flint, MI; 3 honorary daughters, Kimberly Harvey of Burton, MI, Rhonda Fleming of Flint, MI, and Jeri Washington of Grand Blanc, MI; 5 sisters, Lois Prince of Detroit, MI, Norma Summage of Shreveport, LA, Voxyz (Harold) Hardee of Stone Mountain, GA, Terri (Eric) Oliver of Dallas, TX, Bonnie (Carl) Jackson, Baton Rouge, LA; 7 brothers, Arthur James (Geneva) Foster, Richard(Patricia) Foster, Harold (Nanette) Foster, Herbert (Pearl) Foster, Reverend Ervin Foster, Clifford Foster, all of Shreveport, LA, Sammy (Nealie) Brown of Houston, TX, Ronald (Bonnie) Foster of Oklahoma City, OK; stepmother, Mrs. Ollie C. Foster of Shreveport, LA; one uncle, Willie (Emma) Wilson of Bossier City, LA; 3 special sisters-in-law, Dorothy (James) Newhouse, Bertha Brown and Eddie Bingham, all of Flint, MI; 3 special brothers-in-law, Nathaniel (Rose) Wyatt of Mt. Morris, MI, Reverend Willie (Carolyn) Wyatt of Nashville, TN, and Donald (Linda) Rushing of Bossier City, LA; special cousins and friends, Mary Helen of Shreveport, LA, Jerry Maxwell, Abraham Felix, Sammy Brown, John Allen, Brother Ted, and a host of nieces and nephews whom Dave loved dearly. Dave was preceded in death by his son, Jeffrey Wyatt; parents, Clovis Foster and Jessie Lee Davis; sisters, Marva Rushing, Millie Lacy, and Cynthia McGee; brother, Neil Iverson; and brothers-in-law, Jonathan Wyatt, Oscar Wyatt, and Levi Brown. The family would like to express special thanks to Apostle Bobby and Prophetess Mary Johnson and Divine Grace Ministries Church family, Pastor Henry and 1st Lady Katie Jamerson and the Pentecostal Tabernacle Church family, Sister Rose Lawson, The Tolbert Family, Nellie Kelly, Dr. Inderjit Bhatti, Dr. Sunil Rao, Dr. Grewall and Staff, and Genesys Health Park ICU staff.

Mr. Clovis "Dave" Davis Jr.

July 29, 1942 - August 13, 2013