Mrs. Arlena Davis Boose

December 21, 1927 - July 18, 2020

Arlena Davis Boose was born December 21, 1927 in Greenville, Mississippi to Jessie Davis and Lula (Colinburge) Davis. She passed away on July 18, 2020 at the age of 92 years. Arlena resided in Saginaw, Michigan for 76 years. She attended Central Jr. High School and Saginaw High School. She was a member of Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church. She became the bride of James “Jimmie” L. Boose on May 26, 1998. Mrs. Davis-Boose was employed by Bancroft Hotel, Saginaw Furniture Company and also Saginaw County Child Development for 17 years. She loved traveling, reading the Bible, visiting with family and watching TV, Dr. Phil was one of her favorite shows. Mrs. Davis Boose leaves to cherish her memory, her husband, James “Jimmie” L. Boose, Saginaw MI; step-children, Belinda Stark, Lisa and Lynett Lynch, Marlena Echols, Reather Loyd, Marquita Ingram and Luanda Canty; a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren; a host of nieces and nephews; son-in-law, Joe Nichols; sisters-in-law, Linda Wright, Omaha, NE and Cecelia Mayfield, Omaha, NE; brothers-in-law, Lee Owens, Bennie Boose, Sammy and Robert Boose, other relatives and friends including special friend, Dorothy Perkins.. Arlena was preceded in death by three children, Rosechell Nichols, Robert “Bobby” Ross, Jr. and Willie Ross; her parents, Jessie and Lula Davis; siblings, Emma Voss, Flora “Sally” McClaine, Jim, Jeff, Tommy, JB and Johnny Davis, mother and father-in-law, Robert and Mary Boose; one aunt, Ida. The family would like to express special thanks to Covenant Medical Center 4th floor ICU. Visitation will take place from 2:00 until 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at Evans & Browne's Funeral Home, 441 N. Jefferson Ave., Saginaw, MI 48607. A private funeral service will be held. Pastor K.T. Draine will officiate with interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery, 3210 S. Washington Ave., Saginaw, MI 48601.