Obituary of VIOLA GODHOLT DAVIS, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 
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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date: March 5, 1931

Headline:  Mrs. Viola Davis Dies at Canton, Mississippi
Sub-Headline:  Was Former Resident of Summerville; Funeral and Interment at 
Harrisonburg

Mrs. Viola Godholt Davis, 76 years of age, wife of Daniel W. Davis, formerly 
of Summerville, died at Clinton, Miss., Tuesday, February 24, after an 
illness of four months.  Death, which as due to a paralytic stroke, occurred 
at 9 p.m.

Mrs. Davis was born at Caceyville, Miss., in 1854.  In 1879, she was married 
to Daniel Webster Davis.  She was a member of the Wallace Ridge Baptist 
Church, and the funeral services were conducted by Rev. T. J. Ratcliff, 
pastor of this church.  Funeral services and interment were at Harrisonburg.

Surviving are Mr. Davis and six children as follows:  Bruce Davis, Luther G. 
Davis, and Wence Davis, sons; Mrs. Ida Wilson, Mrs. Cattie McMillan and Miss 
Mamie Davis.