Robeson-Cumberland County NcArchives Obituaries.....Davis, William Marvin March 9, 1944
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The Robesonian, Friday, March 10, 1944
The Robesonian, Friday, March 10, 1944

William M. Davis Claimed By Death

William M. Davis, 75, retired farmer and resident of the Barker Ten-Mile 
section for the past 7 years, died at his home Thursday at 3 p.m. A Spanish-
American War veteran, he had been a patient at the Veteran’s hospital in 
Fayetteville for some time since he suffered a stroke three years ago. 

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Barker’s Methodist church, 
of which he was a member, by the pastor, Rev. O.L. Hathaway of St. Pauls. 
Burial will follow in the McLean family cemetery in Cumberland county.  

He was a native of Cumberland, where he was born on July 12, 1868, son of the 
late William and Mary Jane Springs Davis.

Surviving are his second wife, Mrs. Sue Powers Davis; five children by a 
former marriage to the late Mrs. Annie Grady Davis – William Davis Jr. of 
Erwin, Mrs. G.B. Graham of East Lumberton, Mrs. Arch Suggs of St. Pauls, Mrs. 
Harlowe Taylor of Lumberton, R.2, and Miss Eva Davis of R.1; 2 brothers, 
Thomas of Charlotte and George of Fayetteville; 5 sisters, Mrs. W.C. Stroupe 
and Mrs. Lock Davis of Charlotte, Miss Mamie Davis of Winston-Salem and Mrs. 
George Townsend and Miss Maggie Davis of Fayetteville; 27 grandchildren and 16 
great-grandchildren. 


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