Matilda Mae Gillikin Davis

Matilda Mae Gillikin Davis, 85, of Otway, passed away on Friday, September 19, 2025.

Her funeral service will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, September 27, 2025, at Otway Christian Church. Burial will follow at Carteret Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6-8:00 pm on Friday, September 26, 2025, at Otway Christian Church.

Matilda was a lifelong member of Otway Christian Church and often said she was going to church there before she was born. She always had a smile and a hug for everyone she knew and met.

She is survived by two sons, Johnnie Davis Jr. (Michele), and Donnie Davis Sr. (Debra), all of Otway; two grandchildren, Paul Davis of Otway and Sheldon Daugherty (fiancée Kelsey Waterfield) of Buxton; four step-grandchildren and ten step-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnnie Berton Davis Sr., her parents Alvie Paul and Lida Francis Gillikin; and brothers Bobby Gray Gillikin and Berkley Ray Gillikin Sr.

Flowers are welcome or memorial donations may be made to Otway Christian Church, 242 Gillikin Road, Beaufort, NC, 28516

Condolences and life tributes may be sent to the family at www.noefs.net.

Arrangements by Noe Funeral Service, Inc. of Beaufort, NC