August 23, 2023, 85, Dudley —

Leonard Julian Davis, at the age of 85, passed away early Wednesday morning, August 23, 2023, at his home in Dudley, N.C.

Mr. Davis had served in the United States Army and had been a loyal employee of Borden Manufacturing Company in Goldsboro.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 26, at 11 a.m. from the chapel of Tyndall Funeral Home in Mount Olive, and will be officiated by the Rev. James Earl Herring.  Burial will follow in the Pate Cemetery.  The family will receive friends prior to the service, beginning at 10 a.m.

Mr. Davis is survived by his wife, Ellen Pate Davis, of the home; two sons, Gary Davis and Leonard Davis, both of Dudley; and a brother, Kenneth Davis.  He was also the father of the late Howard Craig Davis and Ricky Julian Davis.