Martha E. Davis, 79, of Fitzgerald Georgia, died Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at her residence.
Private memorial services will be held at a later date.
Mrs. Davis was born September 17, 1941, in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, to the late Robert & Eva Norene Marlin Little. She graduated from Winter Park High School in 1959 and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Science and a Master’s Degree in Teaching Science from Rollins College. She was a retired educator having taught 12 years in Orlando, Florida, at Oak Ridge High School and 20 years in Tampa, Florida, at H.B. Plant High School. Mrs. Davis was a member of Kiwanis and was named Humanitarian of the Year twice in Tampa, Florida. She was of the Baptist faith.
She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Richard Edward Davis of Fitzgerald; children: Elizabeth & David Sarney of Sarasota, Florida, Richard E. Davis, Jr. of Tampa, Florida and Sean Patrick Davis of Fitzgerald; four grandchildren: Tristan Sarney, Remington Sarney, Ashlynn Davis, and Shannon Davis; and two sisters-in-law: Barbara & Bob Champagne of Sun City, Florida and Joyce Sheehan of Hampton, New Hampshire.