BETTY L. DAVIS
Betty Elaine Lewis Davis, 99, widow of Thomas Hamilton Davis Jr., died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital.
Born May 4, 1927, in Winnsboro, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late James Wilburn Lewis and Martha Josephine Coleman Lewis.
She was a retired administrative assistant for Campbell Soup Company. She was a charter member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church, serving throughout the years on the Board of Trustees, the Finance Committee and the Worship Committee. She was originally a member of the Francis Asbury Class and later became a member of the Wesley Fellowship Class, serving as treasurer. She was a charter member of the Bland Garden Club, member of The Tuesday Club that meets on Thursday, a charter member of the Friends of Swan Lake and a charter member of the Golden Girls Investment Club. She graduated from Greenbrier High School in 1943 and completed a two-year commercial course at Winthrop College in 1945.
Surviving are a daughter, Elaine Davis Harrington; a son, T.H. Davis III (Alison); four grandchildren, Coke Hamilton Harrington, Thomas Hamilton Davis IV (Natalie), Lauren Davis Ronk (Travis) and Christopher Cordes Palmer (Page); two great-grandchildren, Christopher Cordes Palmer Jr. and William Blanding Palmer; numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Helen Jane Lewis Wilkes and Lucy Lewis McMaster, and a great-granddaughter, Elizabeth “Libba” Blanding Palmer.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, in the Chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Cindy Muncie officiating.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m., an hour prior to the service at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.
Private burial will be in Sumter Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, PO Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123.
Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com.
Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.