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Atlanta Family and friends of the Davises bid farewell to Dollie Smith Davis, who was laid to rest in the historic Westview Cemetery.
In spring sunshine family and friends walked into Friendship Baptist Church. A line of pall bearers and flower bearers nieces and nephews of Dollie Davis accompanied the coffin, which was lined with a copy of Da Vincis representation of the Lords Last Supper.
The funeral processional was led by members of Atlantas police department to Westview Cemetery through the historic black college and university corridor. Leading the mourners were Davis three children by her late husband, Michael DeMond Davis, Michelle DeMond Davis, Derwin Davis, and Rebecca Davis
Three white doves representing the holy trinity were released during interment. Wreathes of flowers covered Davis grave and were arranged around the interment seating.
Dollie Davis was educator in the Atlanta Public Schools until the late 1980s. and the daughter of the late Luther Smith and Maude Johnson Smith. She died on March 13, 2005 after battling lung cancer.
The Davises hosted an afternoon reception for over a hundred guests after the funeral. A requiem memorial mass in the cathedral for residents of Washington, D.C is scheduled on March 24, 2005.
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