Ocie Davis - Obituary

rs. Ocie Beatrice Davis was born August 5, 1919, to the late William David Jones and Fannie Sue Elvira Rosalee Jones in Pittsylvania County. She is was the last survivor of 16 sibling. Although she never completed high school, she was an avid reader, and was very knowledgeable about the Bible. She loved to recite poems and was wise beyond her years. We all marveled at how she could remember everything! She would say that she had poems “in her computer” and they just came out. She had a love for her church home -- Shockoe Baptist Church, and the many dear friends who kept in touch and sent her cards. Anyone who knew her well, knew that she loved to sing! She would sing and laugh and talk for hours at a time about stories and experiences and would share them with anyone who would listen. She loved life and had a beautiful sense of humor. She knew all the family history, all of Shockoe’s family history and all of her dearest friends’ history! As a youth, Ocie was not only in the Children’s Choir, she also made it her business to be in the Adult Choir! She was married to the late Harrison Grasty from Pittsylvania County. From this union they had one son, Douglas Wayne Grasty. Ocie became a widow in 1965. She lived a simple life -- working hard on the farm, in her home, and working with her plants and her garden. She later met and married Woodrow Wilson Davis who preceded her in death. She then moved to Oxon Hill, MD and lived with her son and his family until her passing. She leaves to cherish her fond memories one son, Douglas (Loretta) from Oxon Hill, MD; four grandchildren, Lekeisha Wynnette Grasty, from Oxon Hill, MD; Steven Boman from Danville, VA; Legathia Pitt (Frank) of Baltimore, MD; and Ricky (Veronica) Fitzgerald of Crofton, MD; seven (7) great-grand children; and 13 great, great-grand children; also a special friend, Ms. Rebecca Barksdale. Also special thanks to her niece, Edna Brathwaite who spent countless hours with her at home and in the hospital. Ocie shared this poem with her on February 13, 2011 and many times thereafter: Family will receive friends to celebrate Ocie's life on Saturday, April 23, 2016 from 2 to 6 pm at the GEORGE P. KALAS FUNERAL HOME, 6160 Oxon Hill Rd., Oxon Hill, MD. Friday, April 29, 2016 from 4 to 7 pm at the CHATHAM FUNERAL HOME, 45 Center St., Chatham, VA. Saturday, April 31, 2016 at 11 am until time of service at Shockoe Missionary Baptist Church, 857 Java Rd, Java, VA. Interment Shockoe Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.