Vernon Ray Davis, 76, of Dyersburg, passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.

He was a retired utility worker at Colonial Rubber, where he worked for 34 years. Mr. Davis was a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army, serving in Korea and Germany. He was also a Baptist.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Bro. Nate Ozment officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens.

The Davis Family will receive visitors from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Patsy Stephenson Davis of Dyersburg; a daughter, Marieca Davis of Dyersburg; a son, Marc Davis of White Bluff; three sisters, Janice Weatherley, Ruth Finch, and Doris McLish, all of Beebe, AR; two brothers, Jimmy Davis of Huntsville, TX and Steve Tatum of Alamo; two grandchildren, Benjamin Burns and Samantha Burns Hooker; and two great-grandchildren, Davis Reyd Hooker and Kyler Reece Howard.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Virgil and Hildred Jones Davis; and four brothers, Bruce Davis, Bobby Joe Davis, Alden Tatum, and James Davis.

Pallbearers will be Alden Tatum, Joe Sanford, Bob Mullins, Larry Putman, Eric Putman, and Jeff Jones.

The family requests that memorials be directed to the Alzheimer's Association, 713 South Mendenhall Road, Memphis, TN 38117.