Mrs Mary Ellen Davis, age 82 of Ponce de Leon, passed away Tuesday, Jan 5, 1999 in Panama City.

	She was born on Feb 1, 1916 in Black, Alabama and was the daughter of the late Charlie and Fannie Dell Thomas McDonald.  Mrs Davis had resided in the Ponce de Leon area for the past 56 years.  She was a member of Otter Creek Methodist Church where she also taught Sunday School.  She was a member of Order of Eastern Star, DeFuniak Springs Chapter.  She will be remembered as a grand supporter of Ponce de Leon High School and was also very active in her community.  Mr and Mrs Davis recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.

	Funeral services were held Friday, Jan 8 in the Comande Funeral Home Chapel in DeFuniak Springs with the Rev C W Stevensen officiating.  Burial followed in the Sandy Creek Cemetery.

	Mrs Davis is survived by her husband: Leslie Davis of Ponce de Leon; three daughters: Martha and husband Zalma Chitty of Mobile, Alabama; June and her husband Joseph E Riddle of Baymonet, Alabama; and Molly Ann and husband Robert Rutan of DeFuniak Springs; sister: O-Ferrel Harold of Tallahassee; ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

SOURCE:  Holmes County Advertiser/Washington County Post, Wednesday, January 13, 1999, page 19