Mrs. Jessie Mae Davis

Jessie Mae Rodgers Davis was born on February 7, 1932, in Weldon, Arkansas, to Alcuin Rodgers and Willie Rodgers. She was one of nineteen children and was affectionately nicknamed “Clabber Girl”.

Sis. Davis accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized under the leadership of Rev. Harvey Preston. In 1957, she moved to Houston, TX, where she met and married the late Deacon John L. Davis.

Sis. Davis joined the Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church family under the leadership of the late Pastor Clarence George Wilkins. She served faithfully as a Deaconess on the Spiritual Observation Board and as a devoted nurse on the church’s Nurse Board. She was recognized as the Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church 2017 Pioneer Historian.

Sis. Davis departed this life on November 26, 2021. She is preceded in death by her husband, Deacon John L. Davis; Father, Alcuin Rodgers; Mother, Willie Rodgers and her eighteen brothers and sisters.

She is survived by Four Children: Darlene Rodgers of Osceola, Arkansas, Stanley Davis (Wife, Penny Davis), Jerome Davis (Levita Martin) and Regina Davis, all of Houston, Texas.; Grandchildren: LaToyia Davis, Jessica Davis, Tiffany Davis, Taffany Davis, Ashley Justice, Chance Trey Davis Rodgers and Jon Cameron Davis along with a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

After heartbreak comes the stillness
After tears there comes a smile,
After sorrow there is healing
And sweet peace comes afterwhile.


For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:38-39