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Final arrangements entrusted to:E. F. Boyd and Son Funeral Home

2165 east 89th street 25900 emery road 15357 euclid avenue

216-791-0770 216-541-2856216-831-7906

440-439-1971

Ogletree Davidson

A Service of MeMoriAl AndThAnkSgiving for The life

of

februAry 7, 1923 ~ MAy 12, 2012

Tributes to FatherFather, you are a rare precious jewelYou were my best friendYou inspired me with your every wordYou gave me wisdomYou shared your deepest thoughtsYou taught me how to loveYou were my closest confidantI cherished our many daily talksYou taught me that there was more joyIn giving than in receivingYou will forever live our in hearts.

Love always,Your Children

ObituaryOrder of ServiceOgletree Davidson was born on February 7, 1923 in West

Point, Georgia, to the union of Reverend Tom Davidson and Mary (Ogletree) Davidson. Ogletree was born into a family of 10 children. He had three sisters and six brothers. Ogletree has one surviving brother Tom Davidson. Ogletree served in the military during World War II. He was a member of the United States Army. He moved to Cleveland in 1949.

Ogletree met and married Lurlene Ferrell in 1949 in West Point, Georgia and had five children: Marzette (Barbara), Jerome (Joyce), John (Jackie), Darlene (Michael) and Mary Joyce.

Ogletree worked as a bricklayer until he retired in the late 1980’s. He helped build thousands of homes and businesses throughout the greater Cleveland area. He also assisted in employing many friends and family members in the construction trade. One of his sons, John Davidson, continues his legacy in the construction trade.

Ogletree leaves to mourn his passing five children, eight grandchildren: Johnathan (Alex), Darlene Nicole, Aaron, Willisha, Paris (Robbie), Romaine, Jamal and Adam; four great-grandchildren: Dasha, Robin, Jordan, Sean and a host of other relatives and friends.

Ogletree’s hobbies were fishing, gardening, planting vegetables and flowers, and following politics. He was very proud to be living long enough to witness the election of our first African-American president, Barack Obama.

Ogletree could engage you in heavy political conversations. He loved to talk about his years in the military and World War II. Ogletree was personable, genuine, kindhearted, sincere and a had a great sense of humor. He was a great family man, wonderful husband and great father and grandfather to his children. The gift of humor and laughter is what he shared most with those he loved dearly. He lived a long and fruitful life. Ogletree will always be remembered and greatly missed. His memory will be cherished and he will live in our hearts forever.

IntermentCleveland Memorial Gardens

4324 Green RoadHighland Hills, Ohio 44122

PallbearersAaron Snorton ~ Johnathan Davidson

Romaine Davidson ~ Adam Davidson ~ Jamal Davidson

Organ PreludeProcessional.....................................................................The FamilyPrayer...............................................................Pastor Joe Johnson Jr.Scripture ~ Psalm 23........................................Pastor Joe Johnson Jr.

Musical SelectionRemarks/Reflections (Two Minutes Please)........Family and FriendsObituary........................................................................Read Silently

Musical SelectionEulogy..............................................................Pastor Joe Johnson Jr.Recessional......................................................................The Family

(Please turn on headlights during processional to cemetery.)

Thursday, May 17, 2012Wake 10:00 A.M. ~ Memorial Service: 10:30 A.M.

E. F. Boyd and Son Funeral Home2165 East 89th Street

Cleveland, OhioPastor Joe Johnson, Jr., Officiating

AcknowledgmentThe family wishes to express an abundance of gratitude for allcomforting words of kindness, all thoughtful gestures of hugs,

kisses, cards, flowers or even if it was just a smile you extended from across the room, we caught it. All of it will help us through

our time of healing and we thank you.