Reba Caughman Davant

Reba Caughman Davant, 86, of Columbia, passed peacefully in her home on Sunday, September 20, 2026. Born in Columbia, SC, on February 26, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Mary Elizabeth Boatwright and Ernest B. Caughman. She was one of 6 beloved children.

Reba was a devoted employee as an executive legal assistant for the Mann Law firm. She loved shopping and antiquing, delighting in “just going piddling”. She loved gardening and watching birds in her years after retirement. She also had a deep love of Gamecocks basketball and fried chicken, along with spending time with her beloved jack russel.

She will be greatly missed by her surviving husband, Marvin Davant; her daughters, Claudia Davant ( David Keith) and Jessica McLeod; as well as her granddaughters, Eliza McLeod, Rebecca Mcleod-Phebus (Jacob Phebus), Raewyn McLeod; her sister, Kitty Henderson; brother, John Caughman, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pease join us in celebrating Reba’s life at a 10 o’clock visitation with ceremony at 11 o’clock, Friday, September 25th, at Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, 7600 Trenholm Road Ext. Columbia. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers memorials are respectfully requested to be made to Hospices Service of SC. They were amazing.