of Clinton, AR

July 8, 1924 - April 10, 2021

Mary Jo Davis, 96, of Clinton, went to meet her Savior on Saturday, April 10, 2021. Mary Jo was born on July 8, 1924, to Joseph Jefferson Smith and Bessie Estes Smith of Pee Dee, Arkansas. She was the fifth of seven children.

After graduating from Clinton High School, she worked as an emergency wartime teacher in a one-roomed school in Burnt Ridge. She then went to California to work in the war-time ship building industry. While in California, she met and later married William C. (Bill) Davis from Punxsutawney, PA.

The young couple moved throughout the United States pursuing Bill's career in iron working. In 1949, their first daughter, Judy K., was born. She was followed by her sister, Becky Lou, in 1960. After Judy graduated from high school, the family moved to Clinton where she became a teacher's assistant in Clinton Elementary School.

Mary Jo is survived by her sister, Verniece Harness of Clinton; her daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Ron Dorsey of Newport News, VA; three granddaughters, Kristy Dorsey-Beattie of Glasgow, Scotland, Hannah Mchale of Fayetteville, AR, and Katie McHale of Bryant, AR; two great-grandsons, Ryan and Kyle Beattie of Glasgow, Scotland; and a host of nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill; her younger daughter, Becky; two brothers, Orbin and Lloyd Smith; and three sisters, Lois Porter of Joplin, MO, Nerene Williams of Shirley, and Dortha L. Smith of Clinton.

Her funeral will be on Thursday, April 15 at 11 a.m. at Roller-McNutt funeral home in Clinton. Visitation will begin before the service at 10 a.m. Interment will be at Pee Dee Cemetery.

Obituary Provided By:
Roller-McNutt Funeral Home
Highway 65 South
Clinton, AR  72031
www.rollerfuneralhomes.com