Anna Marie Kramer Davis, 84, was born on April 29, 1939 in the Texas Panhandle community of Skellytown. She was the youngest of the four children of her beloved parents, John and Stella (Owens) Kramer, who preceded her in death.

After her high school graduation, Anna attended Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie, Texas. She made numerous lifelong friends while in college, and supported many of these friends in their various ministry and missionary endeavors. One such friendship led to her moving to Cordova, Alaska in 1963 to assist in the local mission while working at the local newspaper The Cordova Times. It was during this time that the worst earthquake to hit North America occurred near Cordova and she was involved in ministering to some of the survivors of a destroyed Aleut village who were housed in the mission overnight.

Anna briefly moved to Hobbs, New Mexico to earn an elementary education degree at the College of the Southwest. Upon her graduation, she returned to Alaska where she taught school in Seward and Anchorage, until her retirement in 1990.

It was at a parent-teacher conference that she met a widower Marvin Davis, who was raising his two daughters, the youngest of whom was in Anna’s class. The 15 minute conference was extended to 45 and Marvin left with Anna’s phone number. They were married two years later.

Anna was passionate about many things that captured her heart and interest: her family and friends, Alaska, missions, various collectibles, and later in life, her grandchildren and their children.

Longtime members of Muldoon Community Assembly in Anchorage, for many years Anna and Marvin coordinated the distribution of Christmas boxes to those ministering in the remote areas of Alaska.  Upon retirement, Anna and Marvin became RV volunteers working on various construction related projects throughout the United States and served as the state leader in Alaska for a number of years. Anna also earned her master’s degree in education from the University of Alaska at Fairbanks.

In 2004, they made their permanent retirement home in Springfield, Missouri, where they became faithful and engaged members of Central Assembly of God, and specifically the Legacy Community, which provided them with countless friendships, group travel opportunities, and wonderful fellowship.

In addition to her parents, Anna was predeceased by her two brothers, Merle and John Robert, her brother-in-law Leon Terry, her niece Kathy Caruth, and her nephew Darrell Terry.

Anna is survived by her husband Marvin; daughters Donna Forrester and husband Bob of Corning, California, and Pam Stillings of Summerville, South Carolina. She was blessed with four grandchildren, Shane and Erin Forrester and their children Ivy, Brock, Sequoia, and McKinley of Nebraska; Demian Palmer and her daughter Evelyn of South Carolina; Anita Forrester of Washington; and Koree and Alyssa Stillings and their children Milo and Mae of South Carolina.

Anna is also survived by her best friend and sister, Mary Jo Terry of Orange, Texas, and many nieces and nephews who adored their aunt.

Pall bearers will be Bob Forrester, Shane Forrester, Koree Stillings, Robert Mofley, Phil Combs, and Marvin Kramer. Honorary pall bearers are Rick Terry and Edgar McElhannon.

A visitation will be held in the Chapel at Central Assembly of God, 1301 North Boonville in Springfield on Wednesday, March 6 at 10:00 am followed by a service at 11:00 am with Rev. Don Tucker officiating. Burial will be at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at 5201 S Southwood Road in Springfield on Thursday, March 7 at 10:00 am.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a contribution to the ministry of Legacy Community, Central Assembly of God, 1301 N Boonville, Springfield, MO 65802.