Jewell “Charlotte” Beard Davis, 87, died April 29, 2021, in Missouri. She was born on the family farm near Competition, Missouri, July 28, 1933, to Stanley & Helen (Johnson) Beard. Charlotte joined White Oak Pond Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Missouri Presbytery) when she married Carl Jean Davis, February 3, 1951. She was a member for over 70 years. A charter member of Circle 2, Charlotte participated in Cumberland Presbyterian Women serving as a treasurer, secretary and president at the local and presbyterial level and receiving the Perpetual, Patron, Silver Patron and Golden Patron memberships. Charlotte’s daughter Carla Jeanette Bellis serves on the Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and daughter the Reverend Jill Davis Carr serves as Associate Pastor of White Oak Pond Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Granddaughter Allison Rose Carr serves on the General Assembly Nominating Committee. Grandson Jonathan Davis Bellis is under the care of Missouri Presbytery.
About Matthew Gore
Matthew H. Gore is a British journalist, historian, popular culturist, archivist, and educator residing in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the immediate past-president of the Society of Tennessee Archivists and is best known for his book The History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Kentucky to 1988 (2000). He has also published on a variety of topics as diverse as The Origin of Marvelman (a British superhero of the 1950s and 1960s), the relative scarcity of East German philatelics, and the biography of British pulp artist, Denis McLoughlin. He is employed by the Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at the Cumberland Presbyterian Center in Memphis, Tennessee, as editor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine and as publications manager. He has been associated with both Western Kentucky University, which honored him with their James H. Poteet Award, and the University of Kentucky. He also serves as editor for all Boardman Books (Memphis, Tennessee) publications.
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