I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I'd like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. I'd like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun; Of happy memories that I leave when life is done.

Thomas Lee Davis, age 78, of Norlina, North Carolina, departed this life on Sunday, May 25, 2025, at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina

A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at 2:00pm in the sanctuary of Whites Grove Christian Church in Norlina, North Carolina. Elder Keith Davis will officiate, and burial will follow in the church cemetery.

He leaves to cherish his memory: his wife, Pearl Lee Davis; four children, Thomas Lynn Alexander, Terrie Teresa Davis-Featherstone (Brindsley), Towana Trenell Davis, Tammy Tamika Davis; eight grandchildren, LaShondra Aaron, Kai Collins, Jared Gravely, Steven Parham, Samarah Parham, Amyah Wagstaff, Bryan Featherstone, Tawanna Alexander; two great- grandchildren, Zhyian Aaron, Indiya Aaron; two siblings, Sim Davis Jr. (Jean), Rosa Thames and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.

Mr. Davis may be viewed on Monday, June 2, 2025 from 1:00pm until 5:00pm in the chapel of Boyd & Royster Funeral Services

Professional Services are entrusted to Boyd & Royster Funeral Services.