Mrs. Fannie Robertson Davis

Sister Fannie Bell Robertson Davis was the eleventh child, in a family of thirteen, born on May 12, 1932, to her beloved parents, the late Mr. Arthur and Mrs. Lucy Hall Robertson in Winnsboro, South Carolina. She departed this life on Sunday, February 12, 2023, at Providence Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina after a brief illness. Sister Fannie received her education at Shiloh Elementary School and Fairfield County Training High School, where she excelled in all her studies and mastered her Home Economics and Typing Classes above and beyond expectations. She was joined in Holy Matrimony to the late Moses Davis in 1953. To this union, two sons were born, Moses Robertson Davis and Aaron Spencer Davis. After Infant Baptism, she accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior at a very early age and became fully emerged in the work of the Church, right here at Ebenezer. There are very few positions, many in leadership here, that she has not been a part of. She was a Sunday School Teacher, Sunday School Superintendent, Member of the Choir, the Women’s Missionary Society, Director of the Young Peoples’ Division locally (defying the eight-year law) and Area Young Peoples’ Director for several years. She was also a Steward and a Stewardess and served as the director of the Young Adult Choir. She served as the Delegate to many Annual Conferences and was honored to have attained the esteemed position of a “Torch Lighter” through the Columbia Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She was fortunate to have attended twenty-seven of the thirty Annual Women’s Missionary Society Retreats that have been held. She was a great cook and made the most mouth wateringly delicious Coconut Pies or Coconut Custards as they were sometimes called. She often had request for them for Christmas, Easter, and other family special occasions. She loved growing a vegetable garden and enjoyed sharing them with others. Her potted plants were really something to behold. She loved children and cared for many babies, potty training them and getting them ready for Kindergarten. Our sister was proceeded in death by her husband, Moses Davis, Her parents, Arthur and Lucy Hall Robertson, her siblings Edward Robertson, Katie R. Ruff, Beatrice R. Padgett, Lucy R. Reeves, Arthur Robertson, Jr., Sarah R. Guider, Sallie R. Banks, Dorothy R. Martin, and Thomas C. Robertson. She leaves to cherish fond memories: sons, Moses R. (Beverly) Davis and Aaron S. (Yvonne) Davis; five grandchildren, Aliccia, Sabrina, and Moses, III Davis, Craig Steven, Dr. Alexandra and Travis Witherspoon; four great grands, Madison Steven and Gavon, Aiden and Ava Witherspoon; three sisters, Hattie L. Robertson Brice, of Blair, SC, Constance Robertson Bookert, of Columbia, SC, and Carrie E. Robertson Grady, Supervisor Retired, of Charleston, SC; her sister and brother in-laws, Elisha Davis, Dr. Mattie Davis, Iola Davis, Elijah and Thomasina Davis, Alberta and Jerry Knox, and Timothy, Walter and Tracy Davis. The Davis family acknowledges with grateful appreciation, all of your kind expressions of love and sympathy. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 18, 2023 at Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, 1108 West Peach Road, Winnsboro, South Carolina 29180. The Reverend Sonya Lybrand, Pastor, Presiding, The Reverend Carey A. Grady, Eulogist. Interment to follow in the church cemetery. Public viewing will be held from 12 noon until 6:00 p.m., Friday, February 17, 2023 at A. A. Dicks Funeral Home Sullivan Chapel. Please leave Mrs. Fannie Davis family your condolences and prayers. Like our Facebook page: A. A. Dicks Funeral Home - Sullivan Chapel Add our Facebook Friend Page and leave a comment: A. A. Dicks FH

Mrs. Fannie Robertson Davis

May 12, 1932 - February 12, 2023