Obituary of Pauline I. Davis

Funeral Services for Pauline I. Davis of Elsberry, MO will be held at 12:00 noon Saturday, February 18, 2023 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Elsberry. Rev. Kris Hagemeier, pastor of the Elsberry First Christian Church, will officiate with burial in New Hope Cemetery near Elsberry. Serving as pallbearers will be Tommy Lilley, Anthony Lilley, Ethan Davis, Jonathan Davis, Matt Henry, Richie Davis, Nathan Henry and Brandon Barber. Honorary pallbearers will be John Robinson and Shane Henry. Mrs. Davis, 90, passed away Thursday afternoon, February 9, 2023, at the Elsberry Health Care Center near Elsberry. Born March 18, 1932 in Louisiana, MO, she was the youngest of twelve children born to Thomas Wade and Nora Katherine Poyser Travis. She was united in marriage on July 30, 1950 in Osceola, AR to Clifford Vaughn Davis. This union was blessed with three children: Brenda, Vickie and William. She worked for many years as a seamstress and also as a laborer for Forrest Keeling Nursery. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Nora Travis; her eleven siblings; one son, William “Billy Ed” Davis; and her beloved husband of 52 years, Clifford Davis, who died on January 11, 2003. Survivors include two daughters: Brenda Powelson of Elsberry and Vickie Pickard and her husband, Robert, of Elsberry; one daughter-in-law, Carol Davis of Elsberry; six grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and one great, great-grandchild; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until the time of Funeral Services at 12:00 noon Saturday, February 18, 2023 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Elsberry. Memorials may be made to the Family of Pauline Davis in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, 107 S. 5th Street; Elsberry, MO 63343.