To my sweet babies. On Monday Feb. 9th, your great grandmother Mrs. Lillie Eloise Kennedy Davis (Mammy Davis)left this earth to meet Jesus and God in heaven. She was 93 years old and lived a long, wonderful life filled with joy and happiness. She has been in a nursing home for the past 6 years and her spirit had been taken over by a horrible disease called Alzheimer's. She didn't know us anymore and spent the last years hanging on to her life. I wanted to share a few memories of Mammy Davis with you two so that you would know a little about what a phenomenal woman she was. She was alot like your Pa, always smiling and full of joy. Everytime we went to Sumter to visit Mammy, she would have a chocolate cake made for us. She loved to feed us and wouldn't let you leave the table until your belly was about to pop. She was born October 5th, 1915 and raised on a farm in Alcolu SC. Her parents were named Mark Calvin Kennedy and Lillie Betts Player Kennedy and she had one true sister named Mildred Pringle and one half sister named Lessie Daniels. Both of which lived to their mid 90's. From what I am told Mrs. Mildred died at 93 and Mrs. Lessie died at 95. She had three sons, your Pa, Uncle Will and Uncle Ronnie Davis. Your Pa was actually born breach (which means feet first) and was over 9lbs. God bless her. She once told me of her love for animals, she had chickens and pigs on her farm as a young girl and her job was to go out every morning and feed them. She also loved candy, just like mommy. I think this is where I inherited my love of sweets. Mammy told me that everyday she would walk to the store near her house to buy a piece of candy. I can remember her always having sweets around her house and even in the nursing home, we would take her soft chocolates to eat. She would get so excited. Her husband and your grandfather was Wilbur Blackwell Davis and he was a soldier in World War II. He died in 1996 and was a very quite and humble man. Nana has a picture of Pappy Davis in front of Hitler's house during the war. I wanted to write you this post just so that you know a little about your great grandmother. She was so full of life and loved to tell jokes prior to her disease. You both had met her but never got to KNOW her. She was buried in Davis Cemetary on Highway 15 in Sumter along side Pappy Davis and your two aunts Mary Davis(Uncle Ronnie's wife) and Barbara Davis (Uncle Will's wife). She will be missed greatly! Her love for life will be carried on through us until we meet again.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
—John 11:25
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