August 29, 1948 – September 24, 2021

Marilyn’s Loving Journey

Marilyn Joyce Davis was born on August 29, 1948 to the parents of Roscoe and Lillie Bratcher.  She was raised in East Bernard, Texas, where she graduated from the East Bernard High School.  She attended and graduated from Texas Woman’s University, where she received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing and later obtained her Master’s Degree from the University of Oklahoma, in Public Administration.

Marilyn joined the United States Air Force Nursing Corp as a commissioned officer in 1974 and moved to Riverside, California where she met her husband who is also an Air Force Officer and they spent twenty-two years of their forty-four years of marriage being stationed abroad and across the United States.

She had an exemplary career as a Nursing Executive.  She was appointed by two Governors of the State of Texas to the Texas State Board of Nursing as a Board Member responsible for RN Practice statewide.  She was a member of the Texas Organization of Nurse Executives (TONE), Board Member of Richmond State School, member of the Phi Chi chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, recognized as a distinguish alumni of Texas Woman’s University, and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

Marilyn is preceded in death by her father, Roscoe Bratcher, and mother, Lillie Bratcher.

She is survived by her sons, Conrith W. Davis II, Dalton B. Davis, husband, Conrith W. Davis, Sr., sister, Royce Robinson; two nieces, Racheal, and Rana, one nephew, Roderick; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Marilyn will be missed but we can all take comfort in the way she passed away.  She went peacefully while resting.  And God said to Marilyn, “Come and rest in me.”

“In peace I will lie down and sleep. 
For you alone Lord make me dwell in safety”