ANNIE DELORIS PAYNE-DAVIS, age 91 of Palestine, Texas, formerly of Brushy Creek, Texas, passed way on Saturday, September 1, 2018 at the Palestine Regional Medical Center in Palestine, Texas

SERVICE :
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 @ 11:00 A.M.
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
315 N. Texas Ave.
Palestine, Texas 75801

INTERMENT :
MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Palestine, Texas

VIEWING :
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 from 10:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M.
Emanuel Funeral Home Chapel
1721 W. Oak St.
Palestine, Texas  75801

WAKE :
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 from 6:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M.
Emanuel Funeral Home Chapel
1721 W. Oak St.
Palestine, Texas  75801

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EMANUEL FUNERAL HOME -  PALESTINE, 1721 W. OAK ST., PALESTINE, TEXAS  75801
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Annie Davis was born in the Brushy Creek community in Anderson County on February 17, 1927.

Annie graduated from Frankston High School, and earned a Bachelor's Degree from Butler College in Tyler and a Master's Degree from Prairie View A&M.

She taught school for 40 years and retired from the Palestine Independent School District, where she taught home economics, reading resource and early childhood education.

Annie knew Jesus as her Lord and Savior at an early age, and served as the pianist for New Hope Baptist Church and Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Palestine. While at Mt. Calvary, she was the Sunday school pianist as well as a loyal choir member for over 20 years.

She had a passion for playing the piano and singing, gardening (growing her own fruits and vegetables), reading and collecting books on various subjects. Her motto was "Always Be Good to People." (Matthew 7:12)

Annie met her future husband, the Rev. Erven S. Davis, while at Butler College. They married in 1952, and remained married for 45 beautiful years. They raised six children together.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Sam D. Payne and Alberta Smith Payne, her husband, the Reverend Erven S. Davis, Sr.; sisters Annalee Outland and Corinne Lester, and Carol Yvonne Davis.

Those left to remember many loving memories: her children, Daniel LeBlanc Davis, Gwendolyn LaVerne Davis-Kisia, Jacqualyn Marie Davis-McCaulley, Erven S. Davis, Jr., Wilma D. Jackson, Erma Arnette Campbell, 13 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, many nieces, nephews, relatives, family, and friends.