Shelton Lee Davis,age 72, died March 2, 2007 at his residence in Steens, MS. Services will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Monday, March 5, 2007 at 2:00p.m. with Bishop Robert Honsinger officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home on Sunday, March 4, 2007 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Mr Davis was born on April 23, 1934 in Calhoun County, Arkansas to the late Ben (Benjamin Franklin) Ferguson and Gladys Maybelle Davis. He was a member ( and a high priest ) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He worked for 25 years as an engineer for WCBI television and radio, and 10 years as a custodian at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He is survived but his wife of 50 years, Lydia Louise (Stringer) Davis of Steens MS (formerly of Union Co, AR and Arizona) daughters; Genia, Elizabeth, Betty and sons; Shelton, and John . Also one Sister Katherine (Josephine Davis, Carter) Coulter of Las Vegas, NV, ten Grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. (His Brother, James H. Davis) passed away about 14 yrs ago in Virginia. Dad was born in Calhoun Co., Tinsman I believe, a graduate of, I suppose, the school in Tinsman where he played basketball. His teacher was Ms. Whitehead. Sometime in the early 50's when he was 20-21, he was stuck with polio. He received many letters from the community near Little Rock as the radio DJ talked about him and is situation. This polio effected him the rest of his life as he always had a limp and would never spend money on a corrective shoe. Growing up poor in Arkansas taught him to do without for the sake of his family. Dad met mom through working with her brothers at the saw mill, in Callion I think. Dad and Mom left Calhoun Co. area in 1959 in order to work and provide for his family. We visited many times until my grandparents passed away. I remember Ben living with us a little while when I was 4 or 5. Maybelle died when I was 11. We didn't make it back much after that. There were other relatives around back then. Great uncle Clarence and Argie Maude (Smith) Richards and their son CW. I knew Carlton and Irvin Taylor, children of Great Aunt Pearl Taylor. There was also great aunt Icie (Isa Lee) that had moved to Wisconsin. I think some time way back there I may have known great-Uncles Robert and Sammie Davis. There was little communication between them all. Shelton's maternal grandparents were Kathryn Josephine Hamilton and David D. Davis. Paternal grandparents were Mary Elizabeth (Malissa) Brumley and William Franklin Ferguson. Many of these family members are buried in Earnest Cemetery, Calhoun Co. AR. Shelton's maternal great-grandparents were John Hamilton ( eldest son of Jack Hamilton) and Catherine Brandon of Bradley Co. AR and Mary Davis (died young with typhoid) and husband unknown. Paternal great-grand parents were Wilson Ferguson and Elizabeth Wilson and Albert Burton Brumley and Martha M. Emerson.