Oklahoma Cemeteries Website
butterfly
image
Click here to break out of frames
This information is available for free. If you paid money for a
subscription to get to this site, demand a refund.
For any questions pertaining to an individual cemetery, you would need to contact the cemetery sexton / board / caretaker.

Orvil Ray Davis
Mar 9, 1939 - Apr 24, 2013
Posted by: Ann Weber

WILSON-LITTLE FUNERAL HOME
PURCELL-NEWCASTLE, MCCLAIN CO, OK
(permission granted)

Orvil Ray Davis, age 74 , passed away peacefully at his home April 24, 2013 in Moore after a 29 year hard fought battle with cancer. Orvil was born March 9, 1939 in Dewar, Oklahoma one of 7 children born to Adam Davis and Lou Ellen Connors Davis. He grew up in Dewar and graduated from Dewar High School in 1958. After graduation he was drafted into the Army and served his country proudly for 5 years. After discharge from the Army he continued service to his country working on Johnson Island in Hawaii. Orvil later moved to California and began working for Hughes Helicopter. While working at Hughes he fell in love with another Okie, Dorthy. Orvil and Dorthy were married August 3rd, 1968 in Culver City, California. While newly weds Orvil attended Technology School for tool and dye training on a GI Bill. They remained in California, living in Van Nuys until 1977 when they returned home to Oklahoma. For 20 years he worked as a tool and dye maker for Totco Engineering and later for Continental Carlisle, Inc in Oklahoma City. In his younger years Orvil enjoyed playing basketball with anyone who would take the challenge. His favorite way to spend his spare time though was fishing. Orvil was an avid fisherman but especially liked inner tube fishing. Over the last several years Orvil was asked to work with head and neck cancer patients, offering advice and practical information from his own experience with head and neck cancer.

He was preceded in death by: Parents: Adam & Lou Ellen Davis Brothers: Jim & Lloyd Davis Sisters: Norma Graff, Mary Rouse, Betty Tittle

He is survived by: Wife: Dorthy Davis of the home Daughter: Brenda Williams & husband Tony of Verdigris 4 Grandchildren: Angie Jones & husband Ashley of Leroy, Alabama Breanna Nelson of Tulsa Daron Wright of Verdigris J.R. Wright and wife Monica of Broken Arrow 6 Great Grandchildren: Heather, Jordan, Hunter, Aiden, Jaydan, Andrew 1 Brother: John Davis & wife Mary of Breckenridge, MO 1 Brother in law: Bill Rouse of Crescent Numerous nieces and nephews that he loved dearly Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Monday, April 29, 2013 at the First Baptist Church of Newcastle. Burial will be at the Norman IOOF Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the charity of your choice. Arrangements by Wilson-Little Funeral Home in Newcastle.
 

|Noble IOOF Cemetery| |Cleveland County Cemetery | |Home|
  

This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
© 2000-2024 Oklahoma Cemeteries

The information on this site is provided free for the purpose of researching your genealogy. This material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for your own research, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The information contained in this site may not be copied to any other site without written "snail-mail" permission. If you wish to have a copy of a donor's material, you must have their permission. All information found on these pages is under copyright of Oklahoma Cemeteries. This is to protect any and all information donated. The original submitter or source of the information will retain their copyright. Unless otherwise stated, any donated material is given to Oklahoma Cemeteries to make it available online. This material will always be available at no cost, it will always remain free to the researcher.