Martha Virginia Davis passed from this life Tuesday, February 4, 2003, in the Ryan Nursing Home, at the age of ninety-one. She was born November 1, 1911, to Albert W. Davis and Elizabeth McClannahan Davis in Cleburn, Texas. She moved to Oklahoma January 1, 1912, with her parents.

Miss Davis lived southwest of Waurika most of her early youth and high school years. She graduated in 1929, from Sugden High School and was the Valedictorian of her class. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from Oklahoma College for Women in 1932. In 1940, she received her Masters of Education Degree from the University of Oklahoma. Miss Davis was a teacher at Zundy Junior High in Wichita Falls for forty-four years and taught in Duncan for fourteen years. She retired May 31, 1976. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Waurika where she helped prepare funeral meals for families. Miss Davis was the church librarian, a member of the shut-in committee, a member of the Pink Ladies at Jefferson County Hospital, a reserve member of Zeta Sigma chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma in Wichita Falls, TX, a member of the Texas State Teachers Association and the National Education Association.

Survivors include: one brother - A.D. Davis of Planterville, TX; two nephews - A.D. Davis, Jr. of Houston, TX, and Jim Davis of Houston, TX; five great nieces; and nine great nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her mother and father.

Funeral services for Miss Davis were at 1:00 PM, Friday, February 7, 2003, at the First Baptist Church in Waurika with Willis Worley, Jr. and Audie Dorrough officiating. Burial was in the Waurika Cemetery under the direction of Dudley Funeral Home of Waurika.