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Georgia Caroline Davis (Wheelwright) long time resident of Irving, Texas passed away peacefully on Wednesday February 12, 2025. Georgia, or Carolyn as most people called her, was born October 4, 1927 or perhaps 1928 (depending on who she was talking to) in Oklahoma City to George and Marie (Cull) Boylson. She married Earl Eugene “Gene” Davis and together they had six children. This is where the age issue came into play because it was important to her that her kids thought she was 20 years old when she had her first child. She was a beautiful woman. A tall, slender brunette who was tough. She had 13 siblings. As the second oldest, she rotated out of school a day or two each week to help with her younger siblings, a new one arriving almost yearly. At the age of 32 the love of her life Gene passed away and she was left to raise six young children. She routinely had two jobs and sometimes three. These jobs ran the gamut! She ran DaveCo Toyland (which she and Gene owned), she was a secretary at Cabot Corporation, a salesperson at Neiman Marcus, a telephone operator, worked for the US Post office, a cashier at a grocery store chain and her most important job, a Mom. She never wanted to stop working and the kids basically bribed her at the age of 74 to finally retire. A number of years after Gene’s death she married Bud Posey and they moved to Clovis, New Mexico. This brought the game of golf into her life, and also into the lives of the remaining kids at home, leading to a lifelong passion for all of them. There have been many adjectives used to describe our Mom. Loving, caring, sassy, stylish, supportive, tough, ingenious, stubborn, resourceful but one thing for sure no one would argue with, she was one-of-a-kind. She was the self-appointed genealogist of the family, a natural storyteller (some were true) and lived for family get togethers. When she turned 75 the kids gave her a fancy birthday party thinking we might not have much longer to celebrate her life. Fifteen years later we gave her another big party for her 90th birthday. Again, she confounded expectations, as she had all her life. She passed away in her 97th year. She is survived by her children Susan, Craig (Linda), Joanna (Denise), Kelli (Gerald), and Paul (Michele) and preceded in death by her son Tim. Grandmother or Grandma Georgie is also survived by 15 Grandchildren, 29 Great Grandchildren and she was Aunt Georgie or Aunt Carolyn to a multiple of nieces and nephews all of whom she loved unconditionally from the bottom of her heart. Her love for her family was endless. Rosary with a visitation following will be held 11:00AM, Friday, February 21, 2025, at Slay Memorial Chapel in Aubrey, TX. Funeral Service will follow at 12:00PM, Friday, February 21, 2025, at Slay Memorial Chapel in Aubrey, TX. Interment will follow at Pilot Point Community Cemetery in Pilot Point, TX. In lieu of flowers please send donations to either the Pilot Point Cemetery or the American Diabetes Association. On-line condolences may be shared at www.slaymemorialfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Terri Slay and Slay Memorial Funeral Center.

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Georgia Caroline Wheelwright

October 4, 1927 - February 12, 2025