Rev. Berlon Davis

Rev. Charles Berlon Davis passed away on April 1st, 2015 at the age of 91. He was born on December 31st, 1923 as the fourth of five children to Ben and Mamie Brawner Davis. Berlon lived his entire life in Cross County, Arkansas. As many young men of his generation did, he went off to serve in World War II upon graduation from Wynne High School in 1942. Berlon joined the United States Navy and served on board the USS Long Beach, a Tacoma class frigate that earned 4 battle stars for her participation in the Bismarck Archipelago Operation and Admiralty Island landings, the Hollandia Operation, the Western New Guinea Operations, the Cape Sansapor Operation, the Moratai landings, and the landings at Leyte Gulf. Berlon was discharged near Seattle, WA at the end of the war and returned home to Wynne. He attended business school in Little Rock and later went to work as a book keeper for J.E. Holland and Sons in Levesque. He later bought his own farm land west of Wynne near the McElroy Community and was actively engaged in raising cattle and growing rice and soybeans. He entered politics in 1952 and was elected as Cross County’s County and Probate Clerk in 1954 for 9 consecutive terms. He served as the President of the Arkansas County Clerk’s Association and was active in both state and county politics for over 20 years. He was ordained in the United Methodist Church in 1966 after attending Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX and entered full time ministry in 1967. He served as the pastor at Wesley Chapel, Forest Chapel, Colt United Methodist Church, Central Chapel, and Ellis Chapel. He founded Truth Ministry in 1983 and taught weekly Bible studies up until the last few months of his life. He was a Southern gentleman and Christian soldier in every respect, he knew no compromise when it came to the gospel of Jesus Christ. He was preceded in death by his wife “Hoopie” of 65 years; his parents, Ben Davis and Mamie Brawner Davis; four sisters, Lura Blanche Davis Cheatom, Vera Davis McElroy, Mildred Davis Stotts, and Audrie Mae Davis McGlothlin. He leaves a son Rex, a daughter in law Lisa, and granddaughter Eva, all of Montgomery, Alabama. He also leaves 2 nephews, Charles McElroy and Norman McElroy, and 4 nieces, Devera Mitchell Danos, Bettye Turner Hale, Andrea McGlothlin Smith, and Paula McGlothlin Voss. Visitation will be Friday, April 3, 2015 from 5 PM until 7 PM at Kernodle Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 10 AM at Kernodle Funeral Home with burial in Crosslawn Cemetery.

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Rev. Berlon Davis

December 31, 1923 - April 1, 2015