OBIT: William Watson DAVIS, 1948, native of Somerset County, PA 

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WILLIAM WATSON DAVIS

  William Watson Davis, formerly of Confluence, was killed by a bolt of 
lightning while playing golf on the Firestone Country Club course in Akron, O., 
Sunday afternoon, Sept. 19.  His wife's cousin, Harold Denny of Cuyahoga Falls, 
O., was killed at the same time.  Mr. and Mrs. Davis were golfing guests of the 
Denny's and the four were together when the tragedy occurred.  The two women 
were stunned by the same bolt.
  William Davis was born in Confluence, the son of the late Wilbur L. Davis and 
of Mrs. Wilma Watson Davis.  He was a graduate of Gettysburg College and the 
Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia.  He served in the Armed Forces four 
and one-half years during World War II, and emerged a captain.  He was a member 
of the faculty of Gannon College in Erie, from which he recently resigned to 
join the faculty of Miami University at Coral Gables, Fla.
  He was married to the former Jane Haven, daughter of the mayor of New Castle.  
They were living temporarily at his wife's home in New Castle, expecting within 
a week to leave for Florida.  Meantime they were on a visit to relatives in 
Ohio.
  Besides his wife, he is survived by his mother who resides in Dallas, Tex.; a 
brother, James Walker Davis, and a sister, Mrs. Palmer Hooker, both of Dallas, 
and another brother, Clifford Davis of New York City.
  Funeral services were held in New Castle last Thursday.

Meyersdale Republican, September 30, 1948