Mitchell County GaArchives Obituaries.....Davis, Minnie Tulula Sharp July 27, 1958
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"The Camilla Enterprise" dated 1 Aug 1958
Obituary of Minnie Tulula Sharp Davis as written on page 5 of "The Camilla 
Enterprise" dated 1 Aug 1958.  Camilla, Georgia.  
Mrs. Clarendon Davis, beloved Mitchell County matron, passed away Sunday, July 
27th, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Douglas Hall, in Thomasville, following 
an illness of six weeks.  Funeral services were held Monday, July 28th, at 3:00 
P. M., from the Hopeful Baptist Church with Rev. W. E. Pledger, pastor of 
Calvary Baptist Church, Thomasville, assisted by Rev. Kenneth Faison, a great-
grandson of the deceased, pastor of Midway Baptist Church in Colquitt County 
and Rev. W. H. Rittenhouse, pastor of Hopeful Baptist Church.  Interment was in 
the Hopeful cemetery with Dekle Funeral Home of Thomasville, in charge of 
arrangements.   Pallbearers were L. F. Taylor, Jr., W. L. and Olin Sharp, 
Warren L. Davis, Jr., J. F. Harmon, Jr., and Emory Shirah.  Mrs. Davis was the 
former Miss Minnie Sharp, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John W. Sharp.  She 
was born January 8, 1873, in Mitchell County and lived her entire life here.  
Her husband and two daughters preceded her in death.  Survivors include two 
sons, Warren L. Davis of Camilla, and H. W. Davis of Jefferson, Ga.; four 
daughters, Mrs. Frank Harmon and Mrs. Edward Taylor, both of Camilla, Mrs. J. 
T. Jackson and Mrs. Douglas Hall, both of Thomasville; three sisters, Mrs. Will 
Dawson of Dade City, Fla,, Mrs. Taylor NeSmith of Camilla, and Mrs. John Cross 
of Bainbridge; one brother, John Sharp of Camilla; nineteen grandchildren; 
thirty-eight great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.  Among 
relatives and friends coming from a distance to attend the funeral were Messers 
Nat Hancock, Jack S. Davidson, L. J. Lyle, Joe A. Johnson and Morris M. Bryan, 
all of Jefferson, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Battaglia of Houston, Texas; Mr. and 
Mrs. H. B. Cox and daughter Melissa of Atlanta; Mrs. Vince Polk, Marvin, Harry 
and Mary Polk, all of Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. Albert L. Shackleford of 
Wauchula, Fla.; and Mrs. Roscoe Tate, Mrs. Sterling Gurey and Mrs. Horace 
Register, all of Dade City, Fla.



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