Stephens County, OK - Obituaries - John D. Davis

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MARLOW REVIEW - THURSDAY OCTOBER 5, 1939 page 1 

JOHN D. DAVIS RITES FRIDAY 

John David Davis Died Thursday Afternoon following Two Days Acute Illness
John David Davis, Marlow farmer, died at his home two miles east of Marlow
last Thursday afternoon after an acute illness of only two days. Mr. Davis
had been in poor health and suffering from high blood pressure for the past
three years. He was born Nov. 11, 1869 in Jackson Co. Ala. and was 69
years, ten months and 17 days old at the time of his death. Mr. and Mrs.
Davis were married at Pauls valley in 1899 and moved to Marlow in 1925.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary Davis and eight children. The children
are Nora, Lillie and Jess, all of Marlow; Mrs. Clara Newberry of Ada, Mrs.
Florence Bishop of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Pearl Cowan of Duncan, Mrs. Fannie
Hix of Tipton, and LeRoy Davis of Stockton, Claifornia. His four brothers
are Reason Davis of Jay, Okla.; Joe and Zack Davis both of Pauls Valley,
and Bill Davis of McFarland, California.  He has 23 grandchildren living.
Funeral services in charge of the Steele Funeral Home were held Friday
afternoon from the Marlow Pentecostal Church of God with the pastor, rev.
L.L. Guess conducting them. Pallbearers were T.P. Harvey, Jr.; Frank
Newberry, Cecil Hanks, Bill Hanks, James Cowan, and Ray McKinzie. Burial
was in the Marlow Cemetery.