Essie M. Davis

January 11, 2012 

EVANS MILLS, N.Y.  —  Essie Marie Davis, 55, of Elm Ridge Road, died Monday, Jan. 9, at Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown. 

Born July 30, 1956, in Watertown, the daughter of Durwood and Thelma Davis Lashaw, she graduated in 1974 from Indian River Central School.

She married William E. Davis on May 30, 1975, at the Episcopal Church in Evans Mills. 

Mrs. Davis was employed her whole life in the food service industry. She started as a waitress at the Harvest House (Woolworth's) in 1975. She later ran the Medical Center Coffee Shop in Watertown. She also worked at Indian River Central School in the food service department. For the last ten years, she was employed at Bob Evans Restaurant in Watertown as a cook. 

She devoted her life to loving her family. Not only her immediate family but also to anyone that needed her. She and her husband opened their home to William Matteson who became her adopted son from the time that he was a young teen. Many young people referred to her as “Mom”.   

Mrs. Davis enjoyed four wheeling with her family and friends, fishing, playing cards and traveling to see her son.  

She was devoted to her grandchildren and was a loving sister and aunt. 

Surviving are her loving and devoted husband of 37 years, Bill; three sons and a daughter-in-law, Major William D. and Everetta, Colorado Springs, Colo, Raymond E. and his companion, Yvonne Marshall, Depauville, and Benjamin P. and his companion, Tonya Roy, Evans Mills; a daughter and her husband, Angel A. and Michael Howard, Watertown; 10 grandchildren; a sister and her husband, Ann and Phillip Gilchrist, Evans Mills; nieces and nephews.

Her parents died before her.

The funeral will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at Frederick Bros. Funeral Home, Theresa. Burial will be in Evans Mills Cemetery. 

Calling hours are 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, at the funeral home. 

Donations may be made to the Depauville United Methodist Church. 

Condolences may be made online at www.frederickbrosfuneralhome.com.

Information provided by Frederick Bros. Funeral Home, Inc. and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.