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Ella Hope Davis left this mortal world late Sunday night to return to her Savior, Jesus Christ, as well as her Heavenly and mortal parents.
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Funeral services for Hope will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 16, in the LDS Clay Springs Ward chapel, with a viewing 1 p.m. prior. There will also be a viewing from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 15, at the Silver Creek Mortuary in Taylor.
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She was born June 8, 1933, to Horace and Malinda Cheney Crandell in their home in Clay Springs. She married Kenneth Davis, who survives her, on June 5, 1948, and their marriage was later solemnized in the Mesa Arizona Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Hope had a joyous childhood working and playing with her siblings in a loving, gospel-centered home. Hope and Kenneth raised their six children in Clay Springs. Hope was blessed with many talents. She loved to sing, dance, play the mandolin, grow a garden, bottle and preserve food, cook, and sew. She could stretch a paycheck and ride a horse. She was an excellent marksman and could shoot a deer and field dress it. She went out of her way to befriend those who needed a friend or were sick and needed a meal. She endured a lot of the vicissitudes of life, including thyroid cancer and Addison’s disease. But she always served others.
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She had one older brother, Reese Crandell, and two older sisters, Beth Perkins and Rose Turner, who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by two younger brothers, Carlos Crandell and Albert Crandell and a younger sister, Opal Crandell Splawn. She is survived by her brother, Kirk Crandell of Clay Springs.
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Hope is survived by her children, Juanita Batson, Sharon Brewer, Cole Davis and Shaun Davis of Clay Springs, Ashley Davis of San Tan Valley and Melissa Lambdin of Lakeside.
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Hope was the proud grandmother to 36 grandchildren, 78 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
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Silver Creek Mortuary of Taylor handled the arrangements.
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