Jodie S. Davis

Jodie Susette Davis age 41 of Aberdeen died July 30, 2008. She was born Feb. 21, 1967, in Fort Jackson, S.C. She attended Aberdeen High School and Harford Community College and graduated from the Susquehanna Job Corps program. She met and married the now late James Taylor and they had two sons. Her family said she was a very beautiful, vibrant, benevolent and caring person. She was always known as a "daddy's girl" and words could not express the love she had for him. She was a great mother for her sons and their many friends. Sometimes she conducted a "shuttle service" for her sons and many others who participated in the parks and recreation programs. Her presence and beauty illuminated her environment, her family said. She was employed by numerous law firms and was on the staff of Del. Mary Dulany-James. She often stated that being the niece of Rosa Parks and participating and attending her funeral in Washington, D.C., with so many celebrities was one of her greatest thrills in life. She is survived by her sons, James Taylor and John Taylor, both of Aberdeen; her father, Maj. Wilbert Davis, of Aberdeen; her grandmother, Elizabeth "Tiny" Ward, of Sterling, Va.; two sisters, Stephanie Davis-Harris, of Wilmington, Del., and Karen Davis, of Aberdeen; five sisters-in-law, Carmen Davis, of Columbia, S.C., Catherine Davis, of Bordeaux, France, Debbie Singleton, of Largo, Jacqueline Green, of Aberdeen, and Karen Persha, of Tampa, Fla.; two brothers, Wilbert Davis Jr., of Aberdeen, and William "Tommy" Davis, of Bordeaux, France; a brother-in-law, Demetrious Hanes, of Aberdeen; two special aunts, Dorothy Westbrook, of Sterling, Va., and Elsa Jones, of Columbus, Ohio, and 1st Sgt. James Williams, of Aberdeen; and her special friends, Donna Williams and Johnetta Whiteford, both of Aberdeen, and Daniella Sconion, of Washington, D.C. In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by her mother, Barbara Ward-Davis; her grandparents, Susie and Lawrence Smith and Joseph War; and her great-grandmother, Annie Brown. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Aug. 7 at Tarring-Cargo Funeral Home in Aberdeen. A funeral service will follow at noon Aug. 8 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Havre de Grace, with James C. Williams Sr. officiating and with an additional visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in Harford Memorial Gardens in Aldino. Funeral Home: Tarring-Cargo Funeral Home 333 South Parke Street Aberdeen, MD US 21001