Obit of Mary Ellen Davis (d120) - Grady County, Oklahoma Transcribed by: Kim Hendrix 19 Jul 2003 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Chickasha Daily Express Mary Ellen Davis Graveside services for Mary Ellen Davis, 92, of Hurst, Texas, former Chickasha resident, will be held at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 19, 1997, in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Rev. Kenneth Emerson, University Heights Baptist Church of Arlington, Texas, will officiate. Mary Ellen Davis was born Nov. 8, 1904, in Texas, the daughter of Guy and Paralee Emerson, and died Sunday, March 16, 1997, in Richland Hills, Texas. Mrs. Davis came to Oklahoma in 1924, living around the Chickasha area before returning to Texas in 1992. She and J. L. "Slim" Davis were married Dec. 27, 1924, in Chickasha. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Davis was a member of the First Baptist Church of Chickasha. She was also preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Beulah Justice; one son-in-law, Reece Black; and one grandson, Michael Roy Payton. Survivors include one son and his wife, Roy and Margaret Davis of Hurst, Texas; three daughters, June Burnett and husband William, of Beaverton, Ore., Juanita Black of Sacramento, Calif., and Janet Breedan and husband, Melvin, of Amarillo, Texas; one sister, Florence Gregg, of Richland Hills, Texas; 11 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Interment will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery under the direction of Sevier Funeral Home. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html