Davis, Rhoda Lee Felty Lockett

Rhoda Lee Felty Lockett Davis, of Blacksburg, passed away December 7, 2006 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

Rhoda was a resident of Warm Hearth Village in Blacksburg, Va. She was a member of the 1953 graduating class of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Rhoda was a Registered Nurse for over 45 years, serving at New Altamont Hospital in Christiansburg; Bluefield Hospital in Bluefield, W.Va.; for Dr. Milton Brockmyer, MD, Pulaski, Va., and Radford Community Hospital in Radford, Va. She had recently been inducted into the Jefferson Society at UVA. She was a lifelong and active member of the United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert Smith Lockett, Sr. and second husband, A.W. “Woodie” Davis. Surviving are two sons and one daughter, Robert S. Lockett, Jr., Gerald L. and Stephanie Lockett of Riner, Va. and Sharron Davis Callahan of Atlanta, Ga. She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Louise Paris of Princeton, W.Va. Additionally, she has eight grandchildren and 23 greatgrandchildren, two great-greatgrandchildren, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held at the St. Paul United Methodist Church in Christiansburg, Va. on Sunday, December 10, 2006 at 1 p.m. with a memorial service following at 2 p.m. with Dr. David Goodpasture officiating. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Pulaski. Donations in memory of Rhoda can be made to the American Heart Association. The family is being served by Horne Funeral & Cremation Service, Christiansburg, 382-2612. Online condolences may be sent by visiting www.hornefuneralservice.com.