Mildred Yarbrough Davenport, 92, of Louisville, Mississippi, passed Saturday, January 18, 2025 at the Winston County Medical Center, Louisville, MS. Funeral Service will be Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 11 a.m., from Wesley United Methodist Church, 507 South Jones Ave., Louisville, MS. Visitation will be Friday from 4 until 6 p.m., from the Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Louisville Memorial Cemetery. Beck Funeral Home of Louisville in charge of arrangements.
She was born to the parents of Robert Earnest Yarbrough and Alma Haynes Yarbrough in Winston County Mississippi.
She was preceded in death by; husband, James Edmond Davenport; children, Safornia Knowles, John Eric Davenport, Johnnie B. Davenport, Mary Wells, James Davenport, Louis Triplett, David Davenport, Erlean Davenport, Wilean Morrow and Kenneth Davenport; siblings, Mary Greer, Robert Yarbrough, Marie Robinson, and Zackery Yarbrough.
She is survived by; children, Ernette Banks, Melvin S. Banks, Paula Davenport, Deborah (Henry) Mitchell, Joshua (Kristan) M. Davenport, Dixie Davenport, Rita Clay and Frankie Davenport; siblings, Franklin D. Yarbrough, Ernestine Haynes and Dean Jones; 20 grandchildren, and a host of great grands, nieces, nephews, in-laws, and other family and friends.