OBIT: Francis Charles DAVIS, 1989, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  FRANCIS C. DAVIS
  
    Francis Charles "Whitey" Davis, 72, of RD 3, Bedford, near the Maryland state 
  line, was dead on arrival Tuesday, Dec. 26, 1989, at Memorial Hospital, 
  Cumberland, MD.
    Born in Cumberland, Md., Nov. 22, 1917, he was the son of the late Harvey W. 
  and Theoda (Collins) Davis.
    He was an Army veteran of World War II and was retired from the Baltimore and 
  Ohio Railroad.  He was a charter member of the Has Beens, Inc., and was a member 
  of Cumberland Aerie 245, Fraternal Order of Eagles.
    Survivors include his widow, Elaine (Fishel) Davis; one son, Charles Davis, 
  Lynn, Mass.; three daughters, Shirley Weddle, Tampa, Fla.; Patt Hitt, Marion, 
  N.C.; one stepdaughter, Dorothy Lonce, Uniontown; one sister, Pearl Bachanowic, 
  Annapolis, MD; two brothers, William Davis, Owings Mills; and Earl Davis, 
  address unknown; 16 grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren.
    Friends were received at the Silcox-Merritt Funeral residence where services 
  were conducted Friday at 11 a.m. by the Rev. Harold R. McClay Jr.
    Interment, White Oak Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, January 4, 1990
  
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