Mitchell County Georgia Obituaries Berrian Clay Davis Sr. 1912 ****************************************************************************************************** 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 Obitaury of Berrian Clay Davis Sr. as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 28 Jun 1912. The sudden death of Mr. Berrian C. Davis, a pioneer citizen of Mitchell County, on Saturday, 22 Jun 1918, afternoon of last week caused a general sorrow and regret throughout the county when the sad news became known. Mr. Davis was attending a Primitive meeting at Spence Bridge, near Cairo, at the time that his death occurred, and was being entertained at the home of a friend. On Saturday afternoon at about 5:00 PM while sitting with the family on the porch, Mr. Davis complained of his head hurting him and instantly fell forward from his chair to the floor. When his friends go to him to pick him up, they found that he was dead. It is supposed that heart failure or apploplexy was the cause of death. He had been in bad health for a long time, although he was an unusually active man for his age. The remains were taken to the home of the deceased near Hopeful, and on Sunday, 23 Jun 1918, afternoon at 4:00 PM the funeral took place at Hopeful in the presence of a large number of the friends and relatives of Mr. Davis. Services were conducted by Rev J. W. Gardner of Camilla, after which the body was laid to rest in Hopeful cemetery. Mr. Davis is survived by his widow, tow daughters, Mrs. J. T. Dotson of Hopeful and Mrs. Joe Dorsey of Calvary, and six sons, Messrs. Rufus, Jim, Tom, B. C. Jr., Josh, and Hanibal Davis, all of this county, who mourn his loss. Of a large family of brothers and sisters, one sister is left, Mrs. Lawson Newsom of Decatur County, near Vada, and two brothers, Messrs. Tom and D. B. Davis of this county. The deceased was about 70 years old at the time of his death. He was one of the oldest residents of the county and was a remarkable man in many ways. He was a faithful and consistent member of the Primitive Baptist Church. There were few people in Mitchell County who did not know and admire Mr. Davis. Genial, good and kind of disposition and hospitable of naturel, he was a man generally loved.