JUANITA DAVIS WAS BORN DECEMBER 15, 1943 TO TERESA THOMPSON AND LUTHER MANFIELD IN DREW, MISSISSIPPI. SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BOTH HER PARENTS AND HER DAUGHTER VICKY RENEE DAVIS AND BABY DAVIS (STILL BIRTH). JUANITA WAS AN ONLY CHILD THAT WAS RAISED BY HER GRANDMOTHER. SHE WAS EDUCATED IN THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND WAS INTRODUCED TO CHRIST AT A YOUNG AGE.