1938 Obituary of Mary Ann Sarah (Sallie) Gun Davis, native of Union Parish Louisiana

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1938 Obituary of Mary Ann Sarah (Sallie) Gun Davis, native of Union Parish Louisiana

The Dallas Morning Star, Nov. 7, 1938
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Woman Who Rode Ox Wagon to Texas 71 Years Ago Passes

   A resident of Texas since she came in an ox wagon with her parents from 
Arkansas and settled at Old Madisonville, then a community near Corsicana, 
in 1867.  Mrs. Mary Ann Sarah (Sallie) Davis 83, died suddenly Sunday at 
the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. W. Corr, 1515 Waweenoc Avenue.

   Born in Union Parish, La., the daughter of Capt. Daniel Gun, who fought 
with the Confederate forces, Mrs. Davis was the wife of the late W. N. Davis.  
A Methodist for seventy-two years, she was a member of the Lisbon 
Methodist Church.

   She is survived by a son, W. A. Selman of Kemp; two daughters, Mrs. 
W. S. Tanner of Fort Worth and Mrs. Coor of Dallas, and a sister Mrs. 
Dannie Blue of Rush Springs, Okla.

   Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the Poole 
Funeral Home, the Rev. Forest E. Dudley officiating.  Burial will be in 
Grove Hill Cemetery.


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