Services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, at Pellerin Funeral Home Chapel in New Iberia for Mary Powell Davis, 54, who passed away Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, in New Iberia.

Interment followed in Rosehill Cemetery.

Pastor Terry Lee Bernard officiated.

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Born on Oct. 7, 1955, Mary Powell Davis worked for the New Iberia Chamber of Commerce for 18 years where she helped a host of people and businesses in the community. Mary was also very active with the Gumbo Cook Off for 12 years. She inspired many family and friends and raised her grandchildren: Shalara Wells, Allison Wells, Sunsiouxra Fields, Semaj Wells, and Jeremiah Wells, as well as her great granddaughter Caemiri Wells. Mary was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, and friend.

Survivors include her husband, Larry Davis of New Iberia; her mother, Pecola Aubrey of St. Martinville; 2 daughters, Righanelle Wells Flugence and husband Joseph of Lafayette, Shalare Powell of New Iberia; 1 son, David Wells Powell of Abbeville; 1 brother, Joseph Boutte and fiancé Janis Francisco of New Iberia; 5 sisters, Evelyn Wells, Barbara Ester, Yvonne Cushingberry, Lenora Taylor and Daphaney Mitchell; 10 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her father, Ervin Boutte; 1 brother, Ronald Herman Boutte; maternal grandparents, Joseph Aubrey and Evelyn Wells; and a 1 great grandson, Elijah Johnson.

A gathering of family and friends was held Saturday from 8 a.m. until time of service at Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd., in New Iberia.

To view on-line obituary, and sign guestbook, go to www.pellerinfuneralhome.com

Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd., New Iberia, LA 70560, 337.365.3331, is in charge of arrangements.