Obit of James Franklin McDavid 1929-2000
Submitted by Eleanor McDavid Brewster <eleanorb@email.kcc.edu on Nov 1, 2000

James F. McDavid, 71. Of Grayson, Ky. died Tuesday in Veterans Administration Medical Center in 
Huntington, West Virginia.  Mr. McDavid was born September 1, 1929 in Grayson (Willard on Little 
Fork, now Grayson) a son of McKinley and Eva Salyers, McDavid.  He was a boilermaker with Local 
667 and a Korean War Army Veteran.  Surviving are two sons, Jim McDavid and John McDavid both of 
Grayson; two daughters, Kathy McDavid Bush, and Angie McDavid Terry, both of Grayson; five 
sisters Sara Davis of Las Vegas, Nevada, Blanche Pickerell, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Rose 
Myrtle Justice, Joan Herron, and Jaunita Sturgill, all of Grayson, Ky. A brother, Floyd McDavid 
of Kingman, Arizona. He has 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.  The funeral will be 
conducted at 11 a.m. Friday by Russell Griffith, Minister in the Malone Funeral Home in Grayson, 
Kentucky. Friends may call Thursday 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Burial will be in the East Carter County 
Memory Gardens, Grayson, Kentucky.  In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Shriners 
Children Home.

Following below are my personal notes:
James Born: 1 September 1929, Willard, Ky.
           Died; 24 October 2000, Huntington, W.Va.  
He was living at Hitchins. Ky. near Grayson.
James paternal grandparents were Henry McDavid and Sarah Kennedy, McDavid
          Maternal grandparents were Thomas Salyers and Sarah Johnson, Salyers
Sarah Johnson was the daughter of James Franklin “Jim Frank” Johnson and Nancy “Nan” Thornberry.
James had four brothers who preceded him in death: Arnold, Vernon Russell,  Thomas Henry and 
Stanley Wayne McDavid
My grandmother, Ellen Porter, Robinson was a midwife and delivered James when he was born.
By: Eleanor McDavid Brewster

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