Alma Davis

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Alma Davis, 88, of Marble Hill died Friday, Dec. 14, 2001, at Eldercare in Marble Hill.

She was born Dec. 21, 1912, at Winona, Mo., daughter of Dow and Pearl Brawley Gosnell. She and John E. Davis were married March 3, 1928, at Bismarck, Mo.

Davis was a retired seamstress, and member of First Assembly of God Church.

Survivors include two sons, Darrell Davis of Granite City, Ill., Ronald Davis of Cary, Ill.; four daughters, Louise Hughes of Marble Hill, Thelma Pryor of Pontoon Beach, Ill., June Legate of Granite City, Jolene Hessling of Collinsville, Ill.; a brother, Chester Gosnell of Forrest Lake, Minn.; 22 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and 15 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, a brother, a sister, and two grandchildren.

Friends may call at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill from 4-8 p.m. Sunday.

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in McGee Chapel Cemetery near Glen Allen, Mo.