Individual Details
Malvern Hardin Davis
(3 Feb 1872 - 12 Sep 1950)
Malvern Davis Dies Here
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock for Malvern H Davis, 78, who died Tuesday about 12:30 pm, at the home of his daughter here, Mrs. Herbert Miller.
He had been ill only a short while.
Services were held at the Miller home with the Rev. W C McCay of Baldwyn, and the Rev. A C Bishop, pastor of the local Methodist Church, officiating. Interment was in the Concord Cemetery. Houston Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements.
In 1894 he was married to Miss Mary E Davis, who died in June, 1946. He was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Davis is survived by two sons, Malcolm M, of Oakland, Calif., and Augustus E, of Houston; four daughters, Mrs. B H Syers of Mobile, Ala., Mrs. Mike Morath of Blytheville, Ark., and Mrs. Verbal Sigler and Mrs. Herbert Miller of Houston; four brothers, Joe L Davis and Morgan Davis of Houston, and Porter Davis and W P Knox of Okolona; two sisters, Mrs. Oscar Rhodes of Van Vleet and Mrs. Eddie Dear Farr of Houston. Twenty-one grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren also survive.
Printed in the Times Post , Houston, Mississippi dated September 14, 1950.
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Malvern and Mary Davis have a son, Malcolm M Davis, that died at his home in Oakland, Calif., Feb. 11, 1975 of an apparent heart attack. He was born Nov. 24, 1904. Interment was in Oakland, but obituary does not say what cemetery and he is not listed on findagrave.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock for Malvern H Davis, 78, who died Tuesday about 12:30 pm, at the home of his daughter here, Mrs. Herbert Miller.
He had been ill only a short while.
Services were held at the Miller home with the Rev. W C McCay of Baldwyn, and the Rev. A C Bishop, pastor of the local Methodist Church, officiating. Interment was in the Concord Cemetery. Houston Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements.
In 1894 he was married to Miss Mary E Davis, who died in June, 1946. He was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Davis is survived by two sons, Malcolm M, of Oakland, Calif., and Augustus E, of Houston; four daughters, Mrs. B H Syers of Mobile, Ala., Mrs. Mike Morath of Blytheville, Ark., and Mrs. Verbal Sigler and Mrs. Herbert Miller of Houston; four brothers, Joe L Davis and Morgan Davis of Houston, and Porter Davis and W P Knox of Okolona; two sisters, Mrs. Oscar Rhodes of Van Vleet and Mrs. Eddie Dear Farr of Houston. Twenty-one grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren also survive.
Printed in the Times Post , Houston, Mississippi dated September 14, 1950.
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Malvern and Mary Davis have a son, Malcolm M Davis, that died at his home in Oakland, Calif., Feb. 11, 1975 of an apparent heart attack. He was born Nov. 24, 1904. Interment was in Oakland, but obituary does not say what cemetery and he is not listed on findagrave.
Events
| Birth | 3 Feb 1872 | ||||
| Census (family)-shared | 12 Jun 1880 | (John Luke Davis and Sarah Ann Elizabeth Porter) Houston, Chickasaw County, Mississippi |  |  | |
| Marriage | 7 Jan 1894 | Chickasaw County, Mississippi - Mary Elizabeth Davis | |||
| Death | 12 Sep 1950 | Houston, Chickasaw County, Mississippi | |||
| Burial | Concord Cemetery, Houston, Chickasaw County, Mississippi | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Elizabeth Davis (1872 - 1946) |
| Father | John Luke Davis (1847 - 1921) |
| Mother | Sarah Ann Elizabeth Porter (1841 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Lemuel Palma Davis (1870 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Thomas Porter Davis (1874 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Joseph Lewis Davis (1875 - 1957) |
| Sibling | Zuleime C. Davis (1877 - 1959) |
| Sibling | John Morgan Davis Sr. (1878 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Davis (1881 - 1921) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
John L. Davis Husband M 32 Mississippi - FarmerSarah A. Davis wife F 39 South Carolina - Keeps house
Samuel P. Davis Son M 10 Mississippi
Malvern H. Davis Son M 8 Mississippi
Thomas P. Davis Son M 6 Mississippi
Joseph Davis Son M 5 Mississippi
Yuleme Davis Daughter F 3 Mississippi
John Davis Son M 1 Mississippi
Robert Knox Step-son M 13 Mississippi - Laborer
Wm. P. Knox Step-son M 12 Mississippi
James Davis brother M 24 Mississippi - Farmer
Wesley Allen boarder M 18 Mississippi - Laborer
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