DAVIS, Ivanetta H. Age 100, Nashville. January 14, 2013. Widow of former Tennessee State University President Dr. Walter S. Davis. Principal of Moses McKissack School. Survived by loving son, Dr. Ivan R. Davis, Sr.; daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Davis; grandchildren, Ivan R. Davis, Jr. & Ivanetta Davis (Dexter) Samuels; niece, Dr. Anita Hughes; nephew, George T. Hughes and a host of other relatives & friends. Remains will lie in state Monday, January 21, 2013, Robert E. Lewis Memorial Chapel 2500 Clarksville Pk. 3-6 p.m. Family visitation Tuesday, January 22, 2013 First Baptist Church Capitol Hill 4-4:30 p.m. "Ivy Beyond the Wall" will begin at 4:45 p.m. Links, Inc. service @ 5:15 p.m. with funeral to follow. Rev. Dr. Kelly Miller Smith, Jr., Officiating. Interment Wednesday, January 23, 2013 @ 11 a.m., Greenwood Cemetery, Taylor Circle. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Walter S. & Ivanetta H. Davis Memorial Scholarship Fund -Tennessee State University Foundation and The Jubilee Fund -First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill. LEWIS & WRIGHT FUNERAL DIRECTORS, (615)255-2371.
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