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Alma Davis Obituary
HAMPTON - Alma Shirlene (Shirl) Tolley Davis of Hampton passed through this life on Tuesday August 22, 2023 at Johnson City Medical Center. She was born in 1939 to the late Charlie & Lockie Hilmon Tolley & was the youngest & last remaining member of 12 siblings. She graduated from Hampton High School, then left her mountains to become the wife of a military husband. Traveling extensively throughout the U.S., returned home in 1973 to continue raising her family. Shirl enjoyed working at ETSU for 30 years. She was a member of VFW Post 2108 & supported the Ladies Auxiliary. Shirl lived life to the fullest, sharing her positive light with every person & creature who crossed her path. Her faith for her Lord Jesus & her love for her family knew no bounds. Our sweet Nannie will be missed & never forgotten.
Those remaining to proudly carry on her legacy include her children: Kim (Ted) Walsh and Tim (Kim) Davis. Her grandchildren: Cody Walsh and Sara Hannon, Taylor (Zack) Miller and Jake Davis, her great-grandchildren: Sullivan (Sully) Riley and Azalea (Zae) and many special nieces and nephews.
Shirl was blessed with a multitude of friends that cherished her for her boundless love of life and selfless spirit.
She was a member of Little Doe Free Will Baptist Church, attended Grace Fellowship Church and recently really enjoyed the "Church" of Charles Stanley.
A Service to Celebrate the life of Shirl Davis will be conducted at 7 p.m. Friday, August 25, 2023 at Memorial Funeral Chapel led by her extra special friends: Dwayne Calhoun and Michael Hannon. Graveside Service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 26, 2023 at Happy Valley Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday prior to the service. Pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. A special thank you is given to Amedisys Home Health, Dr. Bremer and his staff and the nurses and Doctors at Johnson City Medical Center ICU Unit. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Carter County Animal Shelter, 135 Sycamore Shoals Drive, Elizabethton, Tenn. 37643. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 9:20 a.m. Saturday to go in procession to the cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at our website www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.
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