Coy Orance Davis, 89
Coy Orance Davis 89
Coy Orance Davis, age 89, of Campbellsville, died Thursday, December 3, 2009 at the Glasgow Health/Rehab in Glasgow after an illness.
He was a native of Taylor County and a member and Deacon of Little Vine Primitive Baptist Church in Taylor County at the time of his death. He served as a Surgical Technician in the United States Army during World War II and received an Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon Victory Medal and a World War II Good Conduct Medal. He was also a commissioned Kentucky Colonel.
He was the son of the late C. L. And Rebecca Jane Davis. He was preceded in death by his spouse, Cornelia Pike Davis on December 30, 1990, then later married Cleo Ferguson Davis who also preceded him in death on November 30, 2003, four brothers, Edgar Paul Davis, Fred Davis, Ralph Davis, Chandler Davis, three sisters Olsie Clark, Hazel Quinn, Ruth Hurt, and one son-in-law Dr. William Bennett.
He is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Cherry and Steve Harvey, Carolyn Bennett all of Campbellsville, Charlotte and Jim Kinnarney of Bowling Green, two step-sons, Scotty Ferguson of Columbia and Mike Ferguson of Oklahoma, seven grandchildren, Lori Rush and Jason Campbell, both of Glasgow, Lisa Wheeler of Bowling Green, Elizabeth Matson of Louisville, Rebecca Marriott and Bryan Bennett, both of Campbellsville, Aaron Bennett of Belem, Brazil, seven great-grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, four step-great grandchildren, one sister and brother-in-law, Grace and W.M. Feese of Columbia and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30PM, Saturday, December 5, 2009 at the Lyon DeWitt Funeral Home with burial to follow in the Chappell Cemetery in Adair County with full military honors by the Marion County DAV.
Elder Dwight Dyer, officiating.
