Updated: September 5, 2017

FRANCIS J DAVIS, 89, OF NASHVILLE, DIED MONDAY.  HE WAS A RETIRED SERGEANT FIRST CLASS FORM THE US ARMY.  HE WAS A MEMBER OF DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS AND SUMMERTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH.  HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS BY HIS DAUGHTER: JANETTER LANIER OF ANTIOCH; AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN.  THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR FRANCIS J DAVIS WILL BE THURSDAY AT 10 AT NEAL FUNERAL HOME WITH BURIAL AT JOHN LAY CEMETERY.  THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE VISITORS WEDNESDAY FROM 5 TO 8.  MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.