Melvin Leon Davis
(September 24, 1927 - November 25, 2010)
Melvin Leon Davis of Crescent, Oklahoma joined his wife Bessie on Thursday, November 25, 2010 in heaven to celebrate 65 years of marriage.
Born in Antlers, Oklahoma on September 24, 1927 to Steve and Emma Davis. He was short in size but a mountain of a man in Christian character for his family to follow.
He loved the outdoors and raising cattle. Some of the many things the grandkids remembered about their grandpa was that he could bawl like a baby calf, yodel, and play checkers very well. After his passing one of his grandsons was quoted "King Me, You got your Crown Grand-Pa!"
Melvin worked many years as a bus driver and maintenance worker for Elkhart School District, Elkhart, Kansas. He also worked for different farmers around the Walsh, Colorado area.
Melvin is survived by 5 sons and 1 daughter, Steve and wife Becky, Clifford and wife Alice, Frank and wife Debbie, Travis and wife Patriece, David and wife Renae, Linda and husband Dale, 23 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Bessie, and a grandson Aaron Paul Davis.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, November 29, 2010 at the First Baptist Church in Crescent with Rev. Steve Black and Rev. Jim Flick officiating. Burial will follow in the Oakland-Knowles Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Abernathy Aaron Funeral Home in Crescent. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church in Crescent.