William S. Davis

Published 12:00 am Monday, May 12, 2003

LAWRENCEBURG William S. Davis, 58, of Lawrenceburg, formerly of Bowling Green, died May 8, 2003, at a Lexington nursing home.

The Elkton native was a graduate of Austin Peay University and the University of Louisville School of Law, an employee of the law department of Ashland Oil, an attorney for the state of Kentucky, a Vietnam War Army veteran and a Purple Heart recipient. He was a son of the late H.G. Davis and Louise Wright Davis of Ashland, who survives. He was preceded in death Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. EST Tuesday at Ritchie & Peach Funeral Home with graveside service at 12:45 p.m. CST Tuesday at Fairview Cemetery in Bowling Green. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. EST Tuesday at the funeral home.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 208 Steele Street, Frankfort, KY 40601 or Kings Daughters and Sons Home for the Aged, 1100 Bath Ave., Ashland, KY 41101.

Other survivors include a daughter, Eliza Petrie Davis of Spain; a son, Robert Nathan Davis of Lexington; a sister, Mary D. Dykes and husband, Paul, of Ashland; and two nephews, Scott Dykes of Louisville and Todd Dykes of Cincinnati.