Betty Jean Davis, 87, of Greenville, died on April 13, 2018, at Aperion Care Center in St. Elmo.
Visitation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home, Hillsboro, with a graveside service following at Waveland Cemetery, Hillsboro. The Rev. Randy Sands, pastor of the Free Methodist Church of Hillsboro, will officiate.
Mrs. Davis, the daughter of Earl and Beulah (Fischer) Nemnich, was born on April 3, 1931, in Miltonville, KS. She married William Davis on March 2, 1952, at the Christian Church in Hartford, KS, and he survives in Greenville.
She was an active member of the Hillsboro community. Through Welcome Wagon, she welcomed newcomers to the area. She was a Girl Scout leader for many years. She developed long-lasting friendships through her church and in her ceramic shop, named Red Barn Ceramics. Friends recall her listening ear and caring ways.
When she became a pastor’s wife in the United Methodist faith, she moved to Littleton, and then lived in several locations in Oklahoma, before retiring to Greenville. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Greenville.
In her later years, she and her husband actively ran Davis Crafts. She enjoyed flower gardening and swinging on her front porch swing with her husband, listening to the birds singing.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by daughters, Cindy (Art) Aber and Sandra (Sue Eickhoff) Davis, both of Hillsboro; a son-in-law, Roy Burris; grandchildren, John (Lori) Vincent, Anne and Sarah Burris and Tricia and Ashley Aber; great-grandchildren, Gavin, Ethan and Logan Vincent, Eric and Edward Applegate and Mykenzie Loskot; brother, David (Nita) Nemnich of Georgia; sisters-in-law, Elnora Nemnich of Kansas and Rosa Lee Britts of Virginia; niece, Shireen Nemnich; nephews, Ed, Brad, and Jeff Nemnich and Stewart and Donnie Britts; and several great-nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Steve and Bill Nemnich; a sister-in-law, Gladys Nemnich; three sons, Terry, Larry and Gary Davis; and a daughter, Susan Burris.
Memorials may be directed to St. Elmo Aperion Care Center.
