I wrote yesterday about the death of Maj. Gloria Davis in Iraq. I found this article about her today. All loss of life in war is tragic, but it seems this woman was a very special human being. And I was correct, her family still does not have the facts surrounding her death. My good thoughts and prayers go out to her family…..especially her Granddaughter. I hope this family gets closure of some sort in regards to the events that caused her death
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Maj. Gloria D. Davis knew her granddaughter missed her and was unnerved by her deployment to Iraq. So about two weeks ago she mailed a DVD of herself reading Sesame Street and Scooby-Doo stories to the 6-year-old.

Davis, 47, wanted to do whatever she could for her family, from supporting her daughter through college, to sending her mother cards and flowers every special occasion, to putting her granddaughter’s mind at rest with bedtime stories.

Originally of Portageville, Mo., Davis phoned her daughter, Candace Thomas, from Baghdad nearly every other day to see how she was doing in school and to assure her granddaughter, Kennedy, that she was fine.

But her last phone call came two days before she was found dead of a gunshot wound, Thomas said.

The Department of Defense has labeled Davis’ death Dec. 12 a “non-combat related incident” and has said her death is under investigation.

Read more about this special woman here

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