Obituaries

Davon Davis

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Davon Deonte Davis, 18, of Jefferson City, died Monday, July 12, 2010, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia. He was born September 3, 1991, in Chicago, Illinois, a son of Carlos Marshall and Sonia Davis. Davon was finishing his senior year at Jefferson City High School, where he was a member of the football, basketball and track teams. He loved to draw, listen to music and most of all, loved spending time with his daughter. He was a very good Father. He had also been employed with McDonald's and Arby's. Survivors include his daughter, Jaeda N. Davis; his father, Carlos Marshall of Chicago, Ill.; his mother, Sonia Davis of Jefferson City; one sister, Kendra Davis of Jefferson City; one brother, Lavon Davis of Jefferson City (currently attending school in California); his grandmother, Diane Davis of Chicago, Illinois; and three aunts: Sylvia Smith of Chicago, Illinois, Tammy Smith of Jefferson City and April Davis of Chicago, Illinois; two nephews: Demarion Davis, and Brandon Chase, both of Jefferson City. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Tommy Lavon Davis. Friends will be received from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 24, 2010, at the Houser-Millard Funeral Home, where funeral services will follow at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow in Hawthorn Memorial Gardens. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Davon Davis Memorial Fund, in care of Central Bank attention Rhonda Burford. Arrangements are under the direction of HOUSER-MILLARD Funeral Directors, 2613 W. Main, (573) 636-3838. Condolences may be left for the family online at millardfamilychapels.com

Published July 20, 2010