Jack Davis

Jack Eldridge Davis

Mar/29/1926 - Mar/18/2009

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Obituary of Jack Eldridge Davis

LUGOFF-Funeral service for Jack Eldridge Davis, 82, will be held Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at Hermitage Baptist Church, Camden with burial to follow in Quaker Cemetery. Rev. Condy Richardson will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday 4-6 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff. Mr. Davis died Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Born on March 29, 1926 in Camden, he was a son of the late Clennie Eldridge Davis and Zada Shirley Davis Morris. A graduate of Camden High School Class of 1943, he served in the United States Navy during WW II. Mr. Davis attended the University of South Carolina from 1946-1949 and retired from DuPont after 36 years. He was a loving and devoted son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and a friend who will always be missed but never forgotten. Surviving are his beloved wife, of 59 years, Aline Watts Davis; son, Kenneth Edwin Davis and his wife, Nancy of Mauldin, S.C.; daughters, Ann Davis Gennett and her husband, Nicholas of Salisbury, N.C. and Jackie Davis Niedringhaus and her husband, Donald of Rock Hill, S.C.; brothers, Richard S. Davis of Greensboro, Fla. and Wayne D. Davis of Jackson, Ga.; grandchildren, Melissa Davis Kidd, Lauren Cox Frye, Brian Edwin Davis, Geoffrey Winston Cox, Rebecca Davis Yost, Steven Davis Niedringhaus, Kevin Donald Niedringhaus; and great-grandchildren, Benjamin Kidd, Caroline Kidd, and William Yost. He was predeceased by brothers, Kinard Davis, C.E. Davis, Jr., Ted Davis, and Malcolm Davis. Memorials may be made to Hermitage Baptist Church Arise and Build Fund. Sign the online register at www.powersfuneralhome.net.

Visitation

3/21/2009, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Powers Funeral Home

Funeral Service

3/22/2009, 3:00 PM, Hermitage Baptist Church