Berrien County GaArchives Obituaries.....Davis, Hester Anne Tucker Purvis August 25, 1963 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shirley McMillan Durden http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006039 February 17, 2011, 7:06 pm Ocilla Star - August 29, 1963 Ocilla Star August 29, 1963 Final Rites Monday for Mrs. C. E. Davis, Alapaha Resident Funeral services for Mrs. Hester Anne Tucker Purvis Davis (Mrs. C.E. Davis), Alapaha, were held at Bethlehem Baptist Church, Irwin County, Monday, August 26, 1963 at 3:30 o'clock with Rev. E.L. Henderson and Rev. Payton Walker officiating. Burial was in the Bethlehem Cemetery. Pallbearers were Vernon Lee, William Lee, Otha Lee, Kenneth Lee, Dempsy Harper and Eston Harper. Mrs. Davis died at Memorial Hospital, Waycross, Sunday, August 25, 1963 following a long illness. She had lived in Irwin and Berrien counties all her life, and was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church. Born March 5, 1994 in Irwin Co., Mrs. Davis was the daughter of Richard and Sarah Harper Tucker. Survivors include two sons, Arlie Purvis, Alapaha and Howard Purvis, Waycross; a daughter, Mrs. Ezlee Purvis Lee, Tallahassee, FL; three brothers, Henry Tucker of Alapaha, Bill and Oliver Tucker of Ocilla and a sister, Mrs. Drucilla Nobles, Thomaston, GA; 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Paulk Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Additional Comments: First husband was Alston L. Purvis died 5-19-1940 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/berrien/obits/d/davis1755nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb