SPEARMAN - Willard "Bill" Davis, 85, died Tuesday, April 16, 2002.

Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in First Christian Church with the Rev. Gary Smith officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.

Mr. Davis was born in Knowles, Okla., in 1917. He and his wife, Jettie, were married in 1962. He lived in Spearman for 80 years, moving from Ponca City, Okla.

He was a member of First Christian Church. He owned and operated Bill's Service Station for many years until his retirement in 1977.

He was preceded in death by his wife in 1999.

Survivors include two daughters, Mickey Gribble of Centralia, Wash., and Ann Temple of Spearman; a son, Ned Davis of Thornton, Colo.; 12 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to First Christian Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 637, Spearman, TX 79081; or Crown of Texas Hospice, 1000 S. Jefferson St., Amarillo, TX 79101.

Amarillo Globe-News, April 18, 2002