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Maxie Kate Whaley Davis
Jan 8, 2013
Jan. 8, 2013
Maxie Kate Whaley Davis, 87, died on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at a local hospital.
She was the most senior member of the New Hope Primitive Baptist Church in Cleveland. She was a lifelong resident of Bradley County from the age of four when she moved to a farm in the Ladds Springs community from Greenbriar, where her family\'s property became part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
She truly loved to fish and spent countless hours on the Hiwassee River, below Watts Bar Dam and camping and trout fishing in the Cherokee National Forest. She delighted in and encouraged both the academic and athletic achievements of all of her grandchildren, including good grades, basketball, baseball, soccer, softball, barrel racing, swimming and bass fishing.
She was preceded in death by her husband, J.T. Davis; her father and mother, Thomas and Minnie Whaley; two brothers, Conrad and Cleo Whaley; and four sisters, Viola Randolph, Maggie Cantrell, Lou Wilson and Edith Henry.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Gary and Debbie Davis of Charleston, and Steve and Connie Davis of Decatur; one daughter, Linda Gehron of Chattanooga; grandchildren, Nathan Davis, Jason Davis, Phillip Gehron, Michelle Davis, Seth Davis, Becca Davis and Allison Gehron; five great-grandchildren, Abbey, Cayce, Lily, Jaxon and Landon; and two brothers, Cayce Whaley of Cleveland, and Tom Whaley of Fort Wayne, Ind.
A memorial service will be 7 p.m. Friday at Grissom Funeral Home with Elder John W. Robbins officiating.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home prior to the service.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Moore\'s Chapel Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 2937, Cleveland, TN 37320.
We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the Davis family guest book at www.grissomfh.net
Grissom Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Cleveland is in charge of arrangements.
