Susan Marie Davis

Susan Marie Davis, 62, died Saturday, July 11, at Piedmont Columbus Regional Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia. A funeral service will be held Friday, July 17, 10:00 a.m. EST at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery with Reverend Earnestine Campbell officiating. Masks are required. Flowers may be sent to Striffler-Hamby Mortuary in Phenix City, Alabama.

Susan was born September 15, 1957 in Whitefish, Montana, the first child of Aldus Franklin and Clara Marie Mackey. Her childhood years were spent in Rexford and Kalispell, Montana. She graduated from Flathead High School in 1975 and attended Great Falls Vocational Technical Center in Great Falls, Montana where she earned her certification as a Dental Assistant. During that time, Susan made many lifelong friends and met her husband-to-be, Donny Walter Davis, from Phenix City, Alabama who was serving in the United States Air Force at Malmstrom Air Force Base. Their enduring marriage of 44 plus-years occurred in Kalispell, Montana on May 29, 1976. Susan was exceptionally pretty on that day wearing a beautiful dress handmade by her mother. During their Air Force time spanning 12 years, in addition to Great Falls, Susan and Donny lived in northern Quebec in Canada, in Duluth, Minnesota, and on K.I. Sawyer AFB on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Those were very good years for Susan and Donny with the highlight being the birth of their first child, Amanda (Mandy), in Duluth.

Upon Donny’s early retirement from the Air Force in 1986, they moved to Phenix City, Alabama where Susan lived the rest of her life that included the birth of their second child, Robinson (Robbie), and her five grandchildren. Susan worked in various capacities for 25-plus years at Blue Cross Blue Shield in Columbus, Georgia. She also worked for 12 years for Piedmont as a medical-student coordinator. It was an extremely rewarding job as she helped many medical students in their education toward becoming doctors. Susan retired from Piedmont June of 2019 but remained in a part-time capacity until March of 2020. She was a very active member of Epworth United Methodist Church in Columbus and served her beloved church in many ways.

Susan was taught sewing, knitting, and crocheting by her mother, activities that she enjoyed and excelled at her entire life. She especially enjoyed making clothing, blankets, and afghans for her children and grandchildren, and Prayer Shawls for her church. Her last sewing project before her sickness was making masks for family and friends, and many others were donated to Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital in Phenix City. She also enjoyed cooking and was considered by all four of her living grandchildren as the “bestest cooker”. Her daily suppers and Thanksgiving Day meals will be greatly missed by all her family. Other enjoyments included gardening and traveling by car, making many trips from Phenix City to Kalispell. However, her greatest joy was spending time with her family and friends.

Susan was beloved by all who knew her. She was greatly respected wherever she worked and was always dedicated to doing the best she could. She was smart, wise, beautiful, and a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother, and a loving sister. She was very proud of her children and the success they have achieved.

Susan is preceded in death by her mother, Clara Mackey; father, Aldus Mackey and her grandson, Logan Kinsman, son of her daughter, Amanda. In addition to her husband, Donny, of 44 years she is survived by her daughter, Amanda Marie Davis-Kinsman; and her twin daughters, Mary Claire and Emily Lauren Kinsman; and her son, Davis Trent Kinsman; her son, Robinson Aldus Davis, his wife, Sarah Sue, and their daughter, Samantha Joyce, all of Phenix City, AL; her brother, Daniel M. Mackey, and his wife, Wendi, of Lakeview, OR; and many other family and friends.

The family would like to thank all friends, family members, and Epworth United Methodist Church for their love, prayers, and support during Susan’s battle with leukemia and COVID-19. We are also grateful to her health care team at Piedmont which included many doctors that knew Susan and truly loved her. Despite their best efforts, her precious heart simply gave out.