Individual Details
Rachael Frances Davis
(16 Aug 1919 - 4 Feb 2018)
Shares 15 cM of DNA with Rex Wilson
Rachel Davis Waters, age 98, of Franklin, TN passed away February 4, 2018. She was a devoted wife and mother. Preceded in death by parents, William Early and Lillie Mills Davis; husband, Elmo Waters; and grandson, Seth Paul Waters. Survived by sons, James E. Waters, Gary Alan Waters and Richard Davis Waters; daughter, Ann (Ronnie) Hood; grandchildren, Dave (Kim) Waters, Jody (Stephanie) Hood, Ashley Hood (Josh) Yates, Krissy Waters and Caleb Waters; and eleven great grandchildren.
Funeral service will be conducted at Williamson Memorial Funeral Home, Jim Taylor officiating. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Dave Waters, Jody Hood, Josh Yates, Gerald Harper, Jim Waters, Gary Waters and Matt Davis. Honorary pallbearers will be Retired Williamson County Nurses Association.
WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME.
Events
| Birth | 16 Aug 1919 | Williamson County, Tennessee | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 6 Jan 1920 | (William Early Davis and Lillie Mills) Williamson County, Tennessee |  |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | 10 Apr 1930 | (William Early Davis and Lillie Mills) Williamson County, Tennessee | | | |
| Marriage | 3 Jul 1937 | Williamson County, Tennessee - Elmo Waters | | ||
| Census (family) | Apr 1940 | Williamson County, Tennessee - Elmo Waters | | | |
| Death | 4 Feb 2018 | Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee | |||
| Burial | Mount Hope Cemetery, Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee | |
Families
| Spouse | Elmo Waters (1918 - 2004) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | William Early Davis (1870 - 1945) |
| Mother | Lillie Mills (1895 - 1989) |
| Sibling | Mary Elizabeth Davis (1911 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Margaret Florence Davis (1912 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Eugene Jonah Davis (1914 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Nell Jordan Davis (1917 - 2008) |
| Sibling | Billie Thomas Davis (1922 - 2006) |
| Sibling | Ada Nancy Davis (1924 - ) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
Early Davis Head Male 49 Alabama - FarmerTillie Davis Wife Female 24 Alabama
Mary Davis Daughter Female 8 Tennessee
Florence Davis Daughter Female 7 Tennessee
Jana Davis Son Male 5 Tennessee
Nell Davis Daughter Female 3 Tennessee
Rachal Davis Daughter Female 6/12 Tennessee
William Early Davis' sister, Greer, lives next door.
Census (family)-shared
William E Davis Head Male 59 Alabama - FarmerLillie Davis Wife Female 34 Alabama
Jonah E Davis Son Male 15 Tennessee
Nell J Davis Daughter Female 13 Tennessee
Rachel Davis Daughter Female 10 Tennessee
Willie T Davis Daughter Female 8 Tennessee
Ada N Davis Daughter Female 5 Tennessee
Census (family)
Elmo Waters Head Male 21 Tennessee - Knocking gates, stone foundryRachel Waters Wife Female 20 Tennessee
James Elmo Waters Son Male 1 Tennessee
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNGR-QRF : accessed 2 November 2019), Tillie Davis in household of Early Davis, Civil District 13, Williamson, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 165, sheet 4A, line 22, family 63, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1769; FHL microfilm 1,821,769..
2. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP7Y-9Y2 : accessed 2 November 2019), Lillie Davis in household of William E Davis, District 21, Williamson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 3B, line 79, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2285; FHL microfilm 2,342,019..
3. "Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VN4K-RTK : accessed 31 Mar 2014), Elmo Waters and Rachel Davis, 03 Jul 1937; citing "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," Ancestry.com; p. , Williamson, Tennessee, United States, State Library and Archives, Nashville..
4. Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHS-KWBT.
5. United States Census, 1940 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4HL-QPZ.
6. Find A Grave Memorial 187121567.