Elton Branson Davis, 65, of Rossville, Tenn., died Monday, Aug. 30, 2004, at the Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital.

He retired from ABF Freight Systems after 42 years.

He was preceded in death by his father, Branson "Speck" Davis.

He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Diana Davis; a daughter, Dana Davis of Arlington, Tenn.; a son, Keith Davis of Rossville, Tenn.; his mother, Virginia Carman of Piggott; two sisters, Carolyn Featherston and husband, James, and Erma Dean Campbell and late husband, Bill, all of Piggott; two brothers, Larry Davis and wife, Sandra, and Edmund Davis and wife, Marie, all of Piggott; four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004, in the Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel. Burial was in the Memory Hill Gardens in Memphis.