Charles Davidson

Thayer – Funeral services for Charles Davidson, 58, Thayer, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Thayer United Methodist Church. Inurnment will follow in Thayer Cemetery.Mr. Davidson died Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, at Labette County Medical Center in Parsons.He was born Aug. 2, 1949, in Chanute, the son of Maurice Davidson and Irma Barnhart Davidson. He was a longtime resident of Lawrence.Mr. Davidson served in the U.S. Army. He worked as an electrician for Shelly Electric. He was a member of Thayer United Methodist Church, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 226 in Topeka and the American Legion post in Erie.He married Linda Deaton on June 18, 1981, in Fredonia. She survives, of the home.Other survivors include a son, Chase, Thayer; two brothers, Gary Fowler and Raymond Fowler, both of Ulysses; and an adopted sister, Betty Engle, Topeka.The family suggests memorials to the First Sate Bank of Thayer for an education fund for Chase Davidson.Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel is in charge of arrangements.Online condolences may be sent at www.penwellgabel.com.