Obituaries:  Leattie Eugenia Robinson Davis, Sabine Parish       D-120
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 24, 1991
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Leattie Eugenia Robinson Davis (Photo)

  A funeral mass was celebrated Saturday, April 13, at 11 a.m., in
Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church, Many, by Father Kenneth
Williams, pastor for a longtime Many resident. Mrs. Leattie
Eugenia Robinson Davis, 95. Mrs. Davis passed away early Friday
morning, April 12, in Heritage Manor #2 in Many, following a
lengthy illness. Burial followed in the Saint John's Catholic
Cemetery, adjacent to the church. A Scripture Rosary service was
conducted by Father Kenneth Williams, Friday, April 12, at 7
p.m., in Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Mrs. Davis was born May 8, 1895, in Kisatchie, to the late
Daniel Andrew Robinson and his wife, the late Melissa Caldonia
Taylor Robinson. Her parents and their nine children moved to
Many, January 15, 1907. Two more of Mrs. Davis sisters were born
in Many. Mrs. Davis was a faithful and devoted member of Saint
John the Baptist Catholic Church, but her illness had kept her
from attending mass for the past several years. She was educated
at Saint John's Catholic School, as were her brothers and
sisters, and she married the late Louis Francis Davis on June 4,
1919, at St. John's Catholic Church.

  Mrs. Davis was preceded in death by her husband, Louis Francis
Davis, on December 9, 1931; her youngest child, a daughter, Joy
Marie Davis Lafitte in 1989; a grandson, Thomas Michael "Mike"
Lafitte; a great grandson, Chad Adkins Lafitte; as well as her
parents, four sisters, and six brothers.

  Mrs. Davis is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Louis
Francis and Hazel Davis of Freeport, Texas, John Andrew and
Odessa "Dee" Davis of Arlington, Texas; two daughters and
sons-in-law, Mary Louise Davis de Valcourt and Stephen "Steve" de
Valcourt Sr. of Lafayette, and Peggy Jean Davis Boswell and Rurel
Boswell of Natchitoches; a son-in-law, James "Jack" Lafitte of
Shreveport; 21 grandchildren; 28 great grandchildren; one
great-great grandson; one sister-in-law; two brothers-in-law,
numerous loving nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

  Mrs. Davis' pallbearers were some of her grandsons, Christopher
Davis, Jimmy Lafitte, Gary Lafitte, Johnny Lafitte, Bruce
Lafitte, Ken de Valcourt, Greg de Valcourt; and grandson-in-law,
Henry Bellamy.

  All services were under the beautiful direction of Warren
Meadows Funeral Home in Many.