Ronald Claude “RC” “Corky” Davis, age 84, of Olive Hill, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at his cabin on the family farm, surrounded by his loving family.
He was born Wednesday, August 7, 1940, on Smith Creek in Carter County, Kentucky, a son of the late William Elza Davis and Virginia Texanna Clough Davis Hilderbrand.
RC started his own successful plumbing business at the age of 30, establishing himself as a master plumber and much sought-after plumbing contractor in the tri-state area. He was loved by many and respected by all that knew him.
Ronnie lived life fully, enjoying simple pleasures, such as fishing, building and creating things, writing and telling stories, and tinkering with broken machinery. He loved his family well and inspired each of them to also live full and rewarding lives.
He was a member of Globe Christian Church, of which his grandparents were original founders. His relationship with God was very personal and he found the Divine mostly in the quiet places of his life.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his step father, Allen Hilderbrand; two brothers, John Elza Davis and William Garner Davis; one sister, Verna Fern Davis; one son in law, Richard Waller; two sisters in law, Edith Davis and Rowena Hilderbrand.
Ronnie is survived by his loving wife of sixty-five years, Mary Short Davis; two daughters, Peggy Waller and Ronetta (Jeff) Brown both of Olive Hill, Kentucky; six grandchildren, Clint Davis, Corena McRoberts, Larry Holbrook, Charles Holbrook, Jaclyn Waugh and Nicholas Alcorn; eleven great granchildren; two great great grandchildren; one brother, Dale Hilderbrand of Olive Hill, Kentucky; one sister, Joy (Don) Craft of Morehead, Kentucky, along with many other family and friends who will sadly miss him.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Friday, January 17, 2025, at Globe Funeral Chapel in Olive Hill, Kentucky with Brother Dale Collinsworth officiating. Burial will follow in the Davis Family Cemetery in Olive Hill, Kentucky.
Friends may visit after 11 a.m. Friday, January 17, 2025, until the service hour at Globe Funeral Chapel in Olive Hill, Kentucky.
Clint Davis, Nicholas Alcorn, Jeff Brown, Dale Hilderbrand, Chase Stephens, and Scott Lambert will serve as pallbearers.
Bill Perry, Larry Mynhier, Charles Holbrook, Larry Holbrook and Joe Lambert will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Globe Funeral Chapel in Olive Hill, Kentucky is honored to serve the family of Ronald Claude “RC” “Corky” Davis.
