Joanna "Mamajo" Belle Mack Davis, 74, of Cleveland, Tennessee, passed away Thursday, December 1, 2016, in a local hospital. She has lived in the Cleveland area most of her life and was of the Baptist faith. She was a retiree of Shaw Carpet. She loved to read and watch her grandchildren play softball.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude T. Davis; parents, Carl Allen Mack and Bernice Hyde Mack; one son, Ray Gene “Buckwheat” Davis; brothers, Patrick Hill and Jim Hill; and sister, Barbara Paulus.
Survivors include four children, Lloyd “Porky” Davis and wife Andrea, Carl Davis and wife Crystal, Ralph Davis, and Anna Wampler and husband Mike, all of Cleveland; seven grandchildren, Austin Chadwick, Steven Davis, Amanda Helton, Hollie Davis Carroll; Hallie Davis, Angel Davis, and Madison Davis; four great grandchildren, Chesney Sims, Autumn Davis, Braiden Davis, and Caleb Mason Davis; two sisters, Mary Mack Swaney of Columbus, KY, and Ruth Hart of Reidsville, NC; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 5 in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home with Reverend Todd Collins officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Randy Davis, David Davis, Scotty Davis, Dwayne Bullard, Chris Draughn, Steven Laferry, and David Rollins serving as pallbearers. A white dove release ceremony will conclude the service.
The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4 at the Ralph Buckner Funeral Home who has charge of the arrangements.