Ernest Ephram Davis

ERNEST EPHRAM DAVIS, 92, PASSED AWAY INTO THE ARMS OF GOD ON MARCH 21, 2014 IN ARLINGTON, TX. ERNEST WAS BORN OCTOBER 29, 1921 IN ENNIS, TEXAS, THE SON OF MIGRANT FARMERS, SARAH ETTA GUY DAVIS AND LEWIS EPHRAM DAVIS. ERNEST WAS A MIGRANT FARM WORKER tTILL HE ENTERED THE US ARMY FROM 1942 UNTIL 1946, ATTAINED THE RANK OF SERGEANT, FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II IN THE PHILLIPINES, AS A SNIPER 96TH INFANTRY DEADEYE DIVISION, AWARDED TWO BRONZE STARS FOR ACTS OF BRAVERY ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL, AND AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL.HE BEGAN WORKING FOR DALLAS ISD AS HEAD CUSTODIAN AND WORKED FOR 38 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1984. HE WAS AWARDED A LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP MEDALTO THE PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS FOR HIS DEDICATION TO HIS SCHOOLS, THE FACUTLY, AND SCHOOLCHILDREN. hE WAS A MEMBER OF BOWLES MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH IN GRAND PRAIRIE IN1952 SERVING IN ANY CAPACITY NEEDED. PALLBEARERS; GRANDSONS, KEVIN D. AND CHAD D. JORDAN, JOHN PATRICK, TIMOTHY SHAUN, JEREMY DANIEL, AND BRIAN TODD DAVIS, AND TRAVIS SCOTT WINTER.HONORARY PALLBEARERS, GRANDDAUGHTERS, LEISL ANN DAVIS GILCHREST AND HEATHER RENEE WINTER KENNEDY, GRANDDAUGHTER IN LAW, MICHELLE ANN JORDAN, BEST FRIENDS, DICK ALEXANDER AND STEVE SMITH. ERNEST WILL BE BURIED WITH MILITARY HONORS FOR HIS DEDICATION TO OUR COUNTRY.THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO SAY A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE STAFF AT MCA HOSPITAL OF ARLINGTON, TEXAS, SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS AND PATIENTS AT ARBROOK PLAZA NURSING HOME IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS , AND TO THE STAFF AT BEAN – MASSEY – BURGE FUNERAL HOME OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.