Ruth B Davis

Services to celebrate the life of Ruth Davis, 91, will be held at 1p.m. Thursday, March 16, 2017, at First Baptist Church, 1008 8th Street, Shallowater,Texas, followed by burial at the City of Lubbock Cemetery.Visitation will be held at Sanders Funeral Home on Wednesday, March 15th, from 6 to 8 p.m. Ruth was born in Lubbock on December 5, 1925, to the late William Albert and Bertha Carver Brown. Her father died when she was five, and Ruth and her younger sister, the late Nita Brown Graves, watched the paving of the widely popular red brick streets in downtown Lubbock from their third-story bedroom window at the Texas Hotel where her mother was employed as manager. Her education included a Christian academy and Lubbock High School. She married Royce N. Davis on October 25, 1942. They owned and operated Davis RV Center in Lubbock for many years. Ruth loved playing board games at the Shallowater Senior Citizens' group where she earned the reputation of Skip-Bo queen. She thrived on sermons presented by Pastor Mitch Wilson and treasured the love she shared with members of her Sunday School class. She was an excellent cook, seamstress and scrapbooker. Ruth passed away Saturday night, March 11th, surrounded by her loving family. Of special significance to Ruth and her family was the long and faithful bond of friendship she cherished with Kay and Jerry McDonald, her ''Shallowater Family." A grateful thank you also goes to Ruth's nieces, Debbie Galloway, for assisting with her medications and accessing a reader for the blind; and to Patty Smith for the many kind and thoughtful expressions of love and happiness she brought to Ruth's life for many years. Survivors include her three children, Royce Davis and wife Marilu of Ohio, Dee Duggin of Nevada, David Davis and wife Judy of Arizona; seven grandchildren, Yvonne ,Craig, Brian, Jason, Heather, Andrew and Carrie; fifteen great-grandchildren, Daniel, Cathleen, twins Christopher and Craig Jr., Austin (and his late brother Christopher), Tatton, Kayla, Trenton, Lexy, Ethan, Blake, Londyn, Ellie and Wyatt; and two sisters, Ovella Levacy of Keene and Syble Brashear of Lubbock. Suggested memorials include the First Baptist Church of Shallowater and the Bethesda Teaching Ministry, P.O. Box 20028, El Cajon, California 92021, an orphanage under the direction of Kaye Lawrence, a childhood friend of Dee Duggin's whom Ruth ''took under her wing'' and nurtured through adolescence. Online condolences can be offered at www.sandersfuneralhome.com. Ruth was deeply loved by her family and friends and will be greatly missed. The memory of this extraordinary lady will forever be etched in the hearts of those who loved her.

Ruth B Davis

December 5, 1925 - March 11, 2017