February 23, 2025, 88, Mount Olive —

It was in the wee hours of Sunday morning, February 23, 2025, that Evelyn Thompson Davis passed away while at Wayne Hospital.  She was 88 years of age and was a Mount Olive resident.

Mrs. Davis had been a homemaker who excelled at taking care of her loved ones with love and devotion.  In later years she had worked in the dietary department at SunBridge Nursing Home.

Visitation will be Tuesday, February 25, from  5 until 7 p.m. at Tyndall Funeral Home, and at other times at the residence.  Her life will be honored at a graveside service to be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, February 26, in Maplewood Cemetery in Mount Olive.  Officiating will be Pastor Ronnie Wise.

Mrs. Davis is survived by four sons and their mates, Michael Carroll Davis and Terry Padgett, Mitchell Neil Davis and Jane Groux, Malcolm Stuart “Bo” Davis and Paula Davis, and Mickey Lynn Davis and Karen Davis; a special family member, Sherry E. Davis; a sister, Helen Durham; a brother, Ronald Thompson; 12 grandchildren, to include Christen Davis Cherry, who was her Gma’s sidekick, along with her husband Buddy. and grandson, Jamie Davis; 23 great-grandchildren; four sisters-in-law, Coleen Davis Best, Teresa Davis DePersis,  Ann Davis Naylor, and Brenda Davis Darden; and last but not least, her beloved Chihuahua, Suzee.

She was preceded in death by a son, Thomas Carroll Davis; her husband, Leo Davis, and after his passing, a long-time companion, Glynn Mason; her parents, Harry Thompson and Louise Witherington Thompson Capps; and a brother, Harold Thompson.