This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davis, Sefcak, Erdlet Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/9816 Message Board Post: Rockdale Reporter, Thur., 24 Aug 2006 W. J. “Jim” Davis, 64, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2006 at his home in Rockdale. Funeral services were held 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, at Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home in Rockdale with Rev. Larry Jackson and Ben Kennedy, chaplain for SFFMA. Burial followed in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Taylor. Mr. Davis was born Dec. 30, 1941 in Houston to Wendell Dean and Ellen (Sefcak) Davis. He married Ramona Erdlet on Oct. 21, 1983 in Tanglewood. He was member of the Rockdale Volunteer Fire Department, current past president of State Fireman Fire Marshall Association and had also served as president from 1995 to 1996. He was also member of the Taylor Fire Dept. from 1962 to 1970 and a member of Taylor Volunteer Fire Dept. from 1970 to 1991. Mr. Davis was a director of Alcoa Cooperate Fire School and served as instructor of the school from 1977 to 2005. He was also instructor and project manager of Industrial Fire School at Texas A&M from 1977 to 2006. He worked as a supervisor of Plant Protection at Alcoa in Rockdale before retiring in 2003 after 33 years of services. Mr. Davis loved to play golf. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Yvonne Dorsey. Survivors include his wife Ramona Davis of Rockdale; four sons, Brian Davis of Champaign, IL, Trevin Davis of Taylor, Tim Davis of Rockdale and Clint Davis of Rockdale; daughter, Shannon Taylor of Lexington; one grandson, Collin Davis. Pallbearers were Jesse Love, Rod Bartley, Warren Matous, Butch Lee, Charlie Fuller and Mike Rivison. Memorials may be made to the charity of choice.