Obituaries:  Robert Jackson (Bob) Davenport, Sabine Parish       D-151
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 6, 1991
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Robert Jackson (Bob) Davenport (Photo)

  The family of Robert Jackson (Bob) Davenport, celebrated his
life at graveside services in Monahans, Texas, Friday, January
18, at 4:30 p.m., under the direction of Harkey Funeral Chapel.

  A former Sabine Parish resident, he died January 18, in
Monahans, Texas. He was born March 2, 1905, in DeRidder, to
Jasper Newton Davenport, and Mollie Courtney Goodloe Davenport.
The family moved back to Sabine Parish when he was six weeks old,
and he spent most of his growing up years in the Many area. He
moved to El Paso, Texas in 1927, and made his home there until
the past year. Through the years, he returned to visit family and
friends in Sabine Parish. He was a member of the Baptist Church.

  He is survived by sons, Rodney O. Davenport of El Paso, Texas,
Willard S. Davenport of San Antonio, Texas, and Kenneth W.
Davenport of Huntsville, Texas; daughters, Patt Choquette of
Silverton, Oregon, Rhelda Harris of Saint Jo, Texas, and Lovine
McCurdy of Monahans, Texas; sisters, Vernon Miller of Gladewater,
Texas, Vessie Webb of Baton Rouge, and Edith Leonard of
Shreveport; twenty grandchildren; and several great
grandchildren.

  Memorials may be made to Oak Hill Baptist Church in Many.