Church vocalist and YWCA devotee

Possibly from the coal mining community of Carney in Polk County, Iowa, Davis and her family had moved to Des Moines by the early 1920s. She was a frequent participant in YWCA activities. In January 1921 she provided a solo program for the organization’s religion committee.

She was on the program as a soloist for the installation of Rev. A. Ross Brent as pastor of the Maple Street Baptist Church on April 27, 1928. She graduated from North High School and attended Drake University for three years. She also studied voice at the Chicago Conservatory of Music. She was a member of the Union Baptist Church at East 16th Street and University Avenue in 1934 in Des Moines, Iowa.

By 1936 she had moved to Chicago, Illinois but was married in Des Moines on June 30. She returned to Des Moines for a 1952 concert at Corinthian Baptist Church, and it was stated she had returned from a five month international tour. She later lived in Los Angeles, California. Her death date and burial location are not known.