- Date Of Birth: June 11, 1929
- Date Of Death: March 8, 2011
- State: Indiana
The family of Oretha Davis of Elkhart wishes to announce that she went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, in Elkhart General Hospital at 4:08 a.m. She was born on June 11, 1929, in Bernie, MO, to George and Odessa (Chandler) Forrest Sr.
She later married Roosevelt Davis in Arkansas in 1946. He died in Elkhart in 2000 after 54 years together. Mourning her loss is her son, Roosevelt Davis Jr. of Elkhart; three sisters, Josephine Pulliman, Earlean Gray and Ruth Chavis, all of Elkhart; and four grandchildren, Sonya, Oscar and Clarice “Cissy” Davis, all of South Bend, and LaRinda Davis of Elkhart. Also left to cherish her memory are great-grandchildren, Sierra, Kenny, SaLynn, Sydni, Sykia, Miyia and Adonnis; and her great-great-grandson, Teon; as well as a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Roosevelt; her parents; a brother, George Forrest Jr.; and three sisters, Mercedes Forrest, Wyzella Simmons and Mattie Brown. A celebration of Oretha’s life will take place on Friday, March 18, 2011, in Community Missionary Baptist Church, 228 Chapman Avenue in Elkhart, where she was a member for over 50 years.
