Mrs. Maggie Lee Austin Davis passed away quietly on Monday, May 2, 2011, at Covenant Health & Rehab of Vicksburg. She was 94.

She confessed her faith in Christ at an early age. She was a member of New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. She was united in holy matrimony to the late Mr. Sidney Davis. To this union, 18 children were born.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Sidney Davis, and 12 children.

She is survived by one son, Johnny (Carolyn) Davis of Clinton; five daughters, Elizabeth Davis (Jerry) Lyons of Aurora, Ill., Rosie Davis Clavelle of Vicksburg, Delores Davis Cook of New London, Conn., Lubertha Johnson of Dallas, Texas, and Lurine Wright of Brooklyn, N.Y.; 37 grandchildren; 50 great- and great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 9, 2011, at New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 515 Feld St., with the Rev. Robert L. Miller officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Sunday, May 8, 2011, from 2 until 5 p.m. at Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home with the family present from 4 until 5 p.m.