Kenneth C. Davis

Kenneth C. Davis, 79, of Nelsonville, passed away Monday, May 10, 2004, at Fairfield Medical Center, Lancaster.
He was born August 20, 1924, in Nelsonville, son of the late Branson Spangle and Ruth Mills Davis.
Kenneth was the Chief of Police for Nelsonville, a member of the Nelsonville Church of the Epiphany, Moose Lodge #873, F.O.E. Post #391, V.F.W. Post #7174, Elks Lodge #973, F. & .A.M. Paramuthia Lodge #25 of Athens in the Scottish Rite and also being a Knights Templar, Alladin Temple of Columbus. Kenneth proudly served his country in WWII in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was also a Marine Corps League Lifetime Member of the Belleau Wood Detachment out of Columbus.
He is survived by three daughters, Margie Neil Collins of Nelsonville, Christy Ron Dane of Logan and Debbie Bob Badger of Marietta; ten grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; two brothers, Robert Molly Davis of Welaka, Florida and Bernard Shirley Davis of Buchtel; one sister, Carol Sue Paul Spradling of Cross Lanes, West Virginia; several nieces and nephews; special life long friend Jimmy Knight.
He is preceded in death by three brothers, Harold Davis, Gerald ?Joe? Davis and David Davis; two sisters, Margie Davis and Wilda Eileen Houck.
Funeral services will be held Friday, 1 p.m., at Souers-Cardaras Funeral Home 46 Fayette St. Nelsonville. Interment will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Nelsonville where military honors will be conducted by the Combined Color Guard Unit.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. where there will be a Masonic service at 7:30 p.m.
Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 151 Lake Street, Lancaster, Ohio 43130-2589 or American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 2680, North Canton, Ohio 44720