Richard G. Davenport

Richard G. Davenport, age 58, resident of Mauk, GA died on August 17,2010 at Columbus Hospice House. Graveside services are scheduled at Parkhill Cemetery, 4161 Macon Road, Columbus, on Friday, August 20, 2010, 10 a.m. with Chaplain Gene Ritchie officiating, according to Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, 4071 Macon Road, Columbus. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, August 19, 2010 from 6-8 p.m. Mr. Davenport, son of the late Mial Prentiss Davenport and Dorothea Latimer Carter Davenport, was born May 6, 1952 in Columbus. He was a 1970 graduate of Baker High School and a Baptist by faith. Mr. Davenport was a veteran, serving his country honorably in the Air Force Reserves at Warner Robins AFB. He was preceded in death by a niece, Jessica Lynn Burwell. Mr. Davenport is survived by two brothers, Mike and Pat Davenport of Columbus and David and Rose-Ann Davenport of Waverly Hall, GA; two sisters, Shelba Burwell of Byron, GA and Dottie and William Fisher of Zirconia, NC; three aunts, Myrtice Richardson of Bradenton, FL, Dorothy Hall of Coleman, GA, and Alice Devlin of Columbus; numerous nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to Columbus Hospice House at www.columbushospice.com.