Irwin County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mrs. Abel F. Davis September 11 1972 ************************************************ 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: Jim Rodgers jrodgers@axs2k.net February 27, 2003, 3:00 pm The Ocilla Star Sept. 14, 1972 Irwinville Rites Held for Mrs. Davis The funeral of Mrs. Able F. Davis, who died Monday morning, Sept. 11, at Tift General Hospital in Tifton was held Tuesday, Sept. 12 at the Irwinville Methodist Church at 3 p. m. The Rev. Bob Middleton and Rev. Martin Ash officiated and burial was in the Irwinville cemetery. Active Pallbearers were Lawrence Kittle, Bobby Walker, Stanley Tomberlin, Wycliff Griffin, Arthur Griffin Jr. and Wyndel Griffin. Honorary Pallbearers were J. W. Pierce, Hubert Saunders, Sam Caldwell, Marvin Towson, James Braswell, James Gibbs, J. W. Mixon, Jim York, Charles Young, Marion Tyler, Harvey Zorn, Roy bedwell, Bob Dixon and Sherman Worthington Mrs. Davis waw the daughter of the late Charles W. and Emma Smith Poole, born July 20, 1901 in Irwin county where she had lived all her life. She was a member of the Irwinville Methodist Church. Survivors are her husband, Abell F. Davis of Ocilla; two sons, W. A. (Cotton) Davis of Ocilla; and A. M. (Bubba) Davis of Fitzgerald; a daughter, Mrs Carroll Mcneill of Douglas; a brother, Clyde Poole of Jacksonville Fla; two sisters, Mrs. Arlie Shultz of Ocilla and Miss Frances Poole of Fitzgerald. Nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren also survive. Paulk Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb