Mitchell County Georgia Obituaries Clenton R. Davis 1933 ****************************************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ****************************************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sam Luckey Oct 2002 Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Obituary of Clenton R. Davis as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 29 Dec 1933. Relatives and many friends in the county were saddened by the news of the death of Mr. C. R. Davis, which took place on Friday, 22 Dec 1933, afternoon at 1:00 PM after an illness of three weeks. Funeral services were held Saturday, 23 Dec 1933, afternoon at Mt. Zion church in the presence of a large assemblage of friends of the deceased. The service was conducted by Rev S. O. Thomas. interment was in the family lot in Mt. Zion cemetery near the church. Mr. Davis was 78 years of age. He was a son of the late C. O. Davis, prominent lawyer and citizen of Mitchell in the county's early history. Mr. Davis was the last of his clan, all members of his immediate family having preceded him t the grave. The last of these to go was his sister, Mrs. Mollie Harrell, whose death occurred about a year ago. Mr. Davis was born and reared in this county and spent his entire life here. He was a member of Delwood Baptist Church, having spent about ten years of his life in that community, at which time he was converted and joined the church. Mr. Davis was never married. Mrs. Albert Thornton of Delwood and Mrs. Dodson Pitts, are nieces of the deceased. These, with a host of other near relatives and many friends, are left to mourn his death. J. J. White, of the Camilla Funeral Home, was in charge of the funeral.