Alice Davis Paul

Alice Davis Paul

Published/Last Modified on Sunday, January 25, 2009 6:08 AM CST

Print this story Email this story Post a Comment Austin, Texas — Funeral services for Alice Davis Paul were held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Corinth Missionary Baptist Church in Austin, Texas with Pastor Gary M. Renfro officiating.

Alice Davis Paul, a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, friend and to her surviving siblings for whom she often acted as "mother hen", a doting and loving sister, was born on August 1, 1933 to the union of Sidney Davis and Bertha Kelly Davis Leblanc. Her formative years were spent in New Iberia, Louisiana, the place of her birth and the place where she received the home training and education which was to guide her successfully throughout her life. She received her formal education from Iberia Parish Training School and Henderson High School from which she graduated in 1954. It was while still in New Iberia, that Alice, a young woman whose heart had already begun to be tugged at by the nursing bug, met and married the then love of her life, Joseph Paul Sr. From this union, Alice was blessed with five children; three daughters and two sons. It was while still in New Iberia, that Alice, a young woman whose heart had already begun to be tugged at by the nursing bug, met and married the then love of her life, Joseph Paul Sr. From this union, Alice was blessed with five children; three daughters and two sons.
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Wishing to find new ground upon which to nourish her desire to labor in the nursing field, Alice moved her young family to Galveston, Texas where she eventually found her way to UTMB Hospital. It was at UTMB as a nursing assistant that her desire to enmesh herself in patient care began to flourish. Other than raising her family, there was absolutely no task that gave her greater joy. Following her retirement from UTMB after 20 years of faithful and dedicated service which, in her own words, "was a truly rich and rewarding period of my life." Alice embarked more fully upon the simpler but no less rewarding task of matriarch to her now enlarged family. She especially enjoyed fulfilling the role, as perhaps no other could in Galveston, as "the cooking Maw-Maw" and the "Louisiana cook."
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Alice reaffirmed her faith in Jesus Christ and joined with a local church where she gained a quiet strength that was to serve her well in the challenges that lay ahead. The first of those challenges was Hurricane Ike which devastated her beloved Galveston, forcing her and her family to flee for their very lives. Arriving in Austin, Texas, with her faith still intact, Alice began the process of rebuilding her life and the lives of her family. While in Austin, the second of those challenges occurred. She experienced a series of heart attacks, the last from which she would not recover.

On Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009 Alice Davis Paul, who in her last days had begun to look for "a city whose builder and maker was God," was ushered into that very city to begin the first day of her promised eternal life.
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Alice will be fondly remembered by her former husband and the father of her children, Joseph Paul Sr. and his wife Theresa, and a very devoted sister-in-law Vivian Moncriffe Davis of Dallas, Texas.

Alice D. Paul

Published/Last Modified on Friday, January 23, 2009 2:07 PM CST

Print this story Email this story Post a Comment AUSTIN, Texas — Alice Davis Paul was born on Aug. 1, 1933, in New Iberia to the parents of Sidney and Bertha Kelly Davis LeBlanc.
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Alice was a caregiver; she retired from UTMB as a Nurse Assistant, after 20 years of faithful service. A 37 year resident of Galveston, Texas, which she called home, Alice was uprooted and replanted in Austin, Texas. Following a brief illness, Alice received and answered her personal RSVP from our Heavenly Father.

On Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, at 11:57 a.m., the trumpet of Heaven resounded in a vibrant cantata and the clouds of the sky rolled back, the angels called the mighty roll and Alice, departing expeditiously, reached out and took the wise Master Builders' hand and began her climb up the King's highway!
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Alice, a loving mother, devoted grandmother and an exceptional matriarch of her family, leaves to cherish wonderful memories of a life well lived three daughters and one son Denise Jones, of Austin, Texas, Sandra Hardeman of Galveson, Texas, and Sylvia Terry (Cornelius) of Virginia Beach, Va., and Anthony Paul of Austin, Texas; seven grandchildren Kiska, LeRon (Deanna) and Courtney Jones of Austin, Texas, Terry Hardeman Jr. of San Diego, Calif., Brandi Hardeman of Galveston,Texas, Kelly Terry of Baltimore, Md., Brittany Kelly of Virginia Beach, Va.; six great-grandchildren Terrance, Daveion, Christopher, Nevaeh, Timirrah and Jonovyn.
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Alice will also be remembered by her former husband and father of her children Joseph Paul Jr. (Theresa) of New Iberia; and a very devoted sister-in-law Vivian Davis of Dallas.