{"id":5727,"date":"2025-03-27T07:26:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=5727"},"modified":"2025-03-28T16:39:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T21:39:24","slug":"charles-troy-tom-davis-90-of-the-hickstown-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/5727-charles-troy-tom-davis-90-of-the-hickstown-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Troy &#8220;Tom&#8221; Davis (90) of the Hickstown community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Charles Troy \u201cTom\u201d Davis, age 90, of the Hickstown community southeast of Herod, Illinois, passed away at 3:13 PM &#8211; Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, Indiana.<br \/>\nGraveside services will be held at 2:00 PM &#8211; Saturday, March 29, 2025, at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, North Iron Furnace Road, Elizabethtown, Illinois, with Clifford Rose officiating. Arrangements are under the care of the Meyer Funeral Home in Newton, Illinois. In loving memory of Tom, memorials may be made to the Pleasant Hill Cemetery and can be mailed c\/o Kim Lamar 313 Illinois Route 146 East, Elizabethtown, Illinois 62931. The obituary can be viewed, and condolences left at www.meyerfh.com. Charles Troy, better know as \u201cTom\u201d was born on October 26, 1934, in the Kaskaskia community in Hardin County, Illinois, the son of Charley and Gladys (Reed) Davis. He married Loywonia Faye \u201cWonnie\u201d Davis, on May 8, 1961, and she preceded him in death on October 29, 2021.<br \/>\nTom was a longtime fluorspar miner in Hardin County and retired from Ozark-Mahoning after 40 years of service. He was an avid coon hunter, enjoyed horses, playing the guitar and listening to bluegrass music.<br \/>\nTom is survived by:<br \/>\nChildren \u2013 Dennis Davis of West Palm Beach, Florida; Kelly (wife Tammy) Davis of Herod, Illinois; Kevin Davis of Herod, Illinois; Kimberly Lamar of Elizabethtown, Illinois; and Kurt (wife Amanda) Davis of Herod, Illinois<br \/>\nGrandchildren &#8211; Will (Rosy) Finnerty, Nikki (Jamie) Sauers, Justin (Maygan) Davis, Trevor (Jessie) Davis, Ethan Lamar, Danielle (Tyler) Vaughn, Iris Davis, CK Davis, Adriana Davis<br \/>\n10 Great Grandchildren<br \/>\nTom was preceded in death by his parents, wife, son-in-law Chuck Lamar, great grandson Liam Davis, sister Opal Hubbard and a brother Garry Don Davis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Troy \u201cTom\u201d Davis, age 90, of the Hickstown community southeast of Herod, Illinois, passed away at 3:13 PM &#8211; Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Charles Troy &quot;Tom&quot; 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