Lillian McCullers Davis

Lillian McCullers Davis, 94, of Tallahassee, Florida, passed away on Sunday morning, March 19, 2023, at her home while surrounded by her loving family. She was born September 14, 1928, in Miller County, Georgia, to Frank Madison McCullers and Katie Ethel Pickren McCullers. She was the fourth child of 13 siblings.

In addition to her mother and father, Lillian is preceded in death by her husband of 58 years and 10 months, Grover Davis; sons-in-law Jim Dunsford (Wanda) and Steve Runyan (Carolyn); and siblings, Milford McCullers, Marvin “Buddy” McCullers, Hoarce McCullers, Calvin “Marcus” McCullers, Herman McCullers, Don McCullers, Vivian McCullers Richardson, Juanita McCullers Williams and three infant siblings.

She is survived by her five children, Carolyn Runyan, Mary Corbett (Sam), Wanda Dunsford Dykes (Milton), Kathy Sweeney (Jeff) and Jerry Davis; and one brother, Hayward McCullers of New Iberia, Louisiana; 11 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, and 12 great-great grandchildren.

Lillian had a passion for her family, flower gardens and immaculate lawns. She could not stand for a leaf to fall on her lawn; and look out children when company was coming or it was a holiday. This meant everyone worked in the yard. She was a good country cook and was known for her coconut pies at family gatherings. She believed in hard work and taught her children the same. She was a loving, strong-willed (stubborn) and opinionated person. She would ask for your advice knowing full well she was going to do what she wanted to anyway. Besides gardening, her hobbies were sewing and quilting. She stayed up many school nights making dresses for her girls and made many quilts for family and grandchildren.

Lillian was first a homemaker and then a clerk at TG&Y on Thomasville Road for 14 years, where she met and made many friends over the years. Although she had a hearing disability, she never let it hold her back. For two years she was completely deaf and was blessed with a cochlear implant that gave her the ability to hear and better communicate with family and friends again. She was a member of Thomasville Road Baptist Church.

In her nineties, our mother moved slower, but she kept a sound mind and a powerful pointer finger that could let you know what needed to be done, what you missed or what she wanted.

Visitation is 11:00 AM, Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Abbey Funeral Home, with the funeral service beginning at 12:00 PM. Interment will follow at Tallahassee Memory Gardens, Garden of the Last Supper.

The online guestbook and live stream service can be found at www.abbeyfh.com.