{"id":14751,"date":"2026-05-13T16:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/?p=14751"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:00:24","slug":"davis-lynn-lester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/davis-lynn-lester\/","title":{"rendered":"Davis, Lynn Lester"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"obit-and-service__obituary\">\n<div class=\"obit-and-service__obituary__text\">\n<div class=\"obituary edit-container\">\n<div class=\"obituary-text edit\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Lynn Lester Davis, of Centerville, Tennessee, passed away on March 23, 2026, at Maury Regional Medical Center at the age of 74.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Mr. Davis was born on January 15, 1952, in Little Lot, Tennessee, to the late Lester Brown Davis and Ivey Rainey Davis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A graduate of Hickman County High School, Lynn spent his early years working in a fire tower, diligently watching the horizon for signs of fire. He later dedicated many years of service to the Hickman County Highway Department, where he formed lasting friendships with his coworkers and was known for his strong work ethic and dependable nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Lynn was a faithful member of Centerville United Methodist Church, where he attended regularly and found great comfort in his church family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">He is survived by many loving cousins, as well as a devoted church family and dear friends. Lynn will be remembered for his kind heart, gentle spirit, and the warmth he shared with all who knew him.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"obituary__section\">\n<div class=\"obituary__section__content\">\n<div class=\"location-block\">\n<div class=\"location-block__body location-block__body--flex\">\n<div class=\"location-block__location\">\n<div class=\"location-block__map-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"location-block__map leaflet-container leaflet-touch leaflet-retina leaflet-fade-anim\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-name=\"Cemetery\" data-latitude=\"35.8837818\" data-longitude=\"-87.31416\">\n<div class=\"leaflet-pane leaflet-map-pane\">\n<div class=\"leaflet-pane leaflet-tile-pane\">\n<div class=\"leaflet-layer \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"location-block__directions text-right\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Graveside Services will be held 30 March 2026 at 11:00 AM at Willow Springs Cemetery, Lyles, TN.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lynn Lester Davis, of Centerville, Tennessee, passed away on March 23, 2026, at Maury Regional Medical Center at the age of 74. Mr. Davis was born on January 15, 1952, in Little Lot, Tennessee, to the late Lester Brown Davis and Ivey Rainey Davis. A graduate of Hickman County High School, Lynn spent his early years working in a fire&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/davis-lynn-lester\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[194,820],"class_list":["post-14751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mcdonaldfuneralhome","tag-davis","tag-rainey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}