FAYETTEVILLE — Helen Ruth Haley Davis

died peacefully in her home in Fayetteville, Ark., on July 5, 2020, at the age of 92. She was born on Feb. 25, 1928, to Raymond and Alice Haley in Atoka, Okla.

The family later moved to Batesville, Ark., where she would attend high school and then graduate from Lyon College with a degree in English. She married her high school sweetheart, Robert (Bob) Davis, and they would enjoy 49 years of marriage before his death in 1998.

Bob and Helen lived in Batesville, Fayetteville, and Fort Smith, Ark., before settling in Searcy, Ark., with their two daughters, Patricia and Rebecca. Helen was a homemaker and served as a volunteer with the Girl Scouts, the Gideons Auxiliary and at her church. She also worked alongside Bob at their business, Davis Pharmacy. In 2005, she moved to Fayetteville to live near her daughter Patricia and her family.

Helen was a person of deep faith and a longtime member of First Baptist Church, Searcy, before moving to Fayetteville and joining First Baptist, Fayetteville. She was an avid reader and loved spending time tending her flower gardens. She enjoyed keeping up with family and dear friends through phone calls and letters and especially loved hearing stories about her extended family’s cats and dogs.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and her siblings Claude Haley, Clarence Haley, and Lucille Haley Fey.

She is survived by daughters, Patricia Brown and Rebecca (Becky) Brinkman as well as grandchildren, Ellen Brown, Leslie (James) Brown

Cowles, Blake (Megan) Brinkman, Claire Brinkman, and great- grandson, Wendell Brinkman. She is also survived by sister-in-law, Ruth Haley and brother- in- law, Ed Hogenson as well as many nieces and nephews who were very dear to her.

The family will hold a private graveside service at White County Memorial Gardens.

In lieu of flowers, you may give in Helen’s memory to The Gideons International, P.O. Box 1165, Searcy, Arkansas 72146-1165 or online at www.gideons.org/donate.

Online guest book: rollerfuneralhomes.com/searcy.