Obie Keith Davis

Services for Mr. Obie Keith Davis, 78, of Gilmer will be held 2:00 P.M. Friday, December 31, 2010, at Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Gene Steger and Bro. Curtiss Jennings officiating. Interment will follow at Hopewell Cemetery in Upshur County. Mr. Davis passed away on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 in Tyler. He was born June 14, 1932, in Upshur County, Texas to Obie Rensey and Harriett Matilda Parker Davis. On August 13, 1955, he married Clara Nell Steelman and he served his country in the U. S. Army. Mr. Davis was a member of Hopewell Methodist Church; he worked at Lone Star Steel for 20 years and retired from Economy Auto after 20 years. Mr. Davis is survived by his wife, Clara Nell Davis of Gilmer; son and daughter-in-law, Terry Randall and Laonna Davis of Gilmer; daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara Gail & Ray Mullinix of Gilmer, Angela Kay and Samuel David McWhorter of Gilmer; sisters, Vona Faye Certain of Garland, Johnnie Lanell Fitzgerald of Longview; six grandchildren; six great grandchildren. Mr. Davis was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Frances Stegall. The family will receive friends on Thursday, December 30, 2010 from 6:00 to 8:00 at the funeral home.