EMMA W. DAVIS



WENDELL - Emma Woodell Davis, born in Emporia, Va., to the late Samuel & Lilly Tucker Woodell, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. A home-going celebration was held at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, at the East Wake Church of God in Wendell.  

She was a retired waitress and a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel Davis, Sr., and sisters, Bessie, Ruby, Helen, Nellie and Margaret.

Surviving: children, Kathy Whitley (Kenneth) of Middlesex, Daniel Davis Jr. (Brenda) of Franklinton, Samuel C. Davis (Janis) of Youngsville, and Wanda Jo Davis of Knightdale; eight grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

Service by Strickland Funeral Home & Crematory, Louisburg, www.stricklandfuneralhome.com.