Judith Gail Davis Ackerman, age 71 of Sanford, died Wednesday (2/27/2013) at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford. She was born in Whitesville, West Virginia, daughter of the late Robert Willis Davis and Laura Alice Hensley Davis. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her siblings Jo Frances Davis Belcher, Delores Ann Davis Sketcher, James Earl Davis and Jerry Nelson Davis. She was a graduate of Big Creek High School in War, West Virginia and retired from Bell Telephone. She completed college courses in English Literature at the University of Maryland, Rutgers University and Central Carolina Comunity College. She loved English Literature and was an avid composer of poetry with poems published in the Red Clay Review. She loved animals and was a supporter of CARA. Surviving are her husband Oscar Ackerman of St. Hilary, Wales; Daughter Roberta Lynn Dougherty of Hamden, Connecticut; Sisters Alice Linda Davis Beardslee of Broadway, NC and Bobbie Jean Davis Propst of Vermillion, Ohio; Brothers Milford Keith Davis of Macon, GA , Henry Thomas Davis of Sanford, NC and Curtis Lynn Davis of Citrus Springs, FLorida; Many nieces and nephews. There will be no services held. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Holly's Nest Animal Rescue Inc. PO Box 4086 Sanford, NC 27331 or to CARA (Carolina Animal Rescue and Adoption) PO Box 2642 Sanford, NC 27331. Arrangements are by the Smith Funeral Home of Broadway.