Ms. Willie Jean Davis

Ms. Willie Jean Davis, 81, of Cartersville, Georgia passed away Thursday, September 5, 2024 surrounded by her loving family.

Service for Ms. Davis will take place on Saturday, September 14, 2024, 11:00 A.M. at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 147 Jones Street, Cartersville, Georgia 30120.  There will be no public viewing at the church before the service.  Interment will follow the service at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.  The family will receive friends on Friday, September 13, 2024 from 6:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at the funeral home. This service will be LIVE-STREAMED. 

On Thursday morning, September 5, 2024, our beloved Willie Jean Davis passed away peacefully at her home.

Jean, who affectionally known to us as “Bill, Aunt Bill, Granny and Big Mama”, was born on August 7, 1943 in Cartersville, Georgia to the late John Willie Davis Sr. and Edna Jackson-Davis.

She attended Summer Hill High School, Cartersville where she was a majorette in the marching band. It was at Summer Hill where she met her former husband George L. Benham Sr. and to this union four children were born, Michael, George Jr. “Butch”, Renee and Rae.

Jean lived life to the fullest, appreciating and enjoying the simple things in life; a crossword puzzle, good food, and most of all, her family and friends. She was also a talented Seamstress, a caregiver, and always available to baby-sit. In so many of our lives, during life’s most difficult circumstances, she opened her home to us providing a place and refuge.

Jean will be sorely missed!

She was preceded in death by her son, George L. Benham Jr.; brothers, Charles Sidney Davis and John Willie Davis Jr.; sisters, Mahalia Johnson, Nelle Elaine Henderson, Mabel Davis-Holmes, Marion Woodard and Jewelyn Hill; several nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Left to cherish her memory, her loving son, Michael T. Benham (Kay); her loving daughters Renee-Benham Kennedy and Rae Benham-Winters (Michael); grandchildren, Lucrisa Jean Benham-Taylor (Michael), Tynael L. Benham, Shawn Lavette and Latandra Brown, Michael Winters II, Yolanda, Richard (Jasmine) Winters, and Kimberly (Lemual) Brown; eight great- grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Condolences may be expressed at: www.mackeppingerfuneralhome.com

Mack Eppinger & Sons Funeral Service, Inc. has full charge of arrangements.

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