William Joseph Davis Jr.

William Joseph Davis Jr., 27, Moundville, Mo., passed away on April 4, 2009, as the result of an automobile accident. He was born July 19, 1981, in Columbia, Mo., to William Joseph Davis Sr. and Barbara Jean Winters Davis. He married Tonia R. Yurk on Jan. 5, 2005, in Houston County, Ga., and she survives of the home.

Bill was born in Columbia and grew up in the Lake of the Ozarks area. He and Tonia lived in Georgia for 10 years before they came to Vernon County in December 2006. He worked for Schnelle Plumbing in Lamar, Mo., for the past year.

Survivors in addition to his wife Tonia, include one son, Iszach, of the home; one daughter, Trinity, of the home; mother, Barbara Davis, El Dorado Springs; twin brothers, Travis Giesing and Jodey Giesing, both of El. Dorado Springs; aunts and uncles, James and Norma Phillips, Eldon, Mo., and Michael and Lufleen Nichols, Bonaire, Ga.; Mary and Nobel Landis, Lenexa, Kan.; mother and father-in-law, Owen and Sheila Yurk, Nevada; grandmother-in-law, Ellen Yurk, Nevada,; and cousin, Marshall Winters. He was preceded in death, by his father; grandmother, Opal Winters; uncle, Earl Winters; brother-in-law, Caleb Yurk and grandfather. Ralph Winters.

A visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m., on Wednesday evening, April 8, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. Friends may call now and until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8, at the funeral home.

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