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John M Davis Laid to Rest
Funeral services for John Morgan Davis, Sr., 89-year-old pioneer Chickasaw countian, who died at 7:30 pm Friday, June 9, at his home on Route Route 2, were conducted at 2 pm, Sunday from the Houston Funeral Home chapel.
The Rev. Roy Brown and the Rev. Bobby Hankins officiated. Interment was in the Concord Cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Jerry Foster, Sonny Foster, Lamar Beaty, Wayne Johnson, Freddie Grant and Towery Grant.
Mr. Davis, a retired farmer and landowner, was born Oct. 24, 1878. He was the son of John L Davis and Sally Porter Davis. He was a member of the Concord Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virgie Davis of Route 2, Houston; four daughters, Mrs. Otha Foster, Mrs. Leon Neal, and Mrs. Jodie Gormley, all of Houston, and Mrs. Mollie Prince of Enum-Claw, Wash.; four sons, John Morgan Davis, Jr., Okolona, Porter Davis of Pittsburgh, Pa., Gilliam Davis of Bossier City, La., and Doxie Davis of Wilbur, Washington. Twenty-two grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren also survive.
Printed in the Times Post, Houston, Mississippi dated June 15, 1967.

Birth	24 Oct 1878	Chickasaw County, Mississippi
Census (family)-shared	12 Jun 1880	(John Luke Davis and Sarah Ann Elizabeth Porter) Houston, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
Marriage	27 Dec 1901	Falls County, Texas - Virginia Odell "Virgie" Neal
Death	9 Jun 1967	Chickasaw County, Mississippi
Burial		Concord Cemetery, Houston, Chickasaw County, Mississippi

Spouse

Virginia Odell "Virgie" Neal (1882 - 1973)

Father	John Luke Davis (1847 - 1921)
Mother	Sarah Ann Elizabeth Porter (1841 - 1889)
Sibling	Lemuel Palma Davis (1870 - 1900)
Sibling	Malvern Hardin Davis (1872 - 1950)
Sibling	Thomas Porter Davis (1874 - 1951)
Sibling	Joseph Lewis Davis (1875 - 1957)
Sibling	Zuleime C. Davis (1877 - 1959)
Sibling	Elizabeth Davis (1881 - 1921)

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