History

Austell House

Roy O. Davis was born in Mableton, Georgia in 1908. He moved to Austell in 1909 and was a resident there until his death in 1992.  A 1937 graduate of Gupton A. Jones of Embalming in Nashville, TN, Mr. Davis opened a funeral home in Douglasville in 1940. However, he closed the funeral home and served in the U. S. Army from 1942-1945.

From 1945-1946, Mr. Davis temporarily operated the funeral home out of his mother’s home on Washington Street.  Roy Davis Funeral Home relocated two times to houses on Love Street from 1946-1955.  In 1955, Roy Davis Funeral Home purchased the “Austell House” on Mulberry Street and served families there from 1955 until 1981. The present location was completed in 1981.

Today, the Roy Davis Funeral Home staff remains dedicated to serving all families by providing personal service with care and compassion and quality products.