Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Davis, Walter L. September 28, 1963
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Norfolk Journal and Guide, Oct. 5,1963
Norfolk - A funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon at his residence, 805
Avenue A, for Walter L. Davis, attorney, who died at age 72 at a local hospital
Sept.28.

Mr. Davis had practiced law at Norfolk for 48 years prior to his retirement in
1962.

A native of Petersburg and the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Davis, Att’y
Davis was a veteran of World War 1, and held memberships in the
Norfolk-Portsmouth and Old Dominion Bar Associations.

He was a graduate of the law school at Howard university, Washington, DC, and
practiced law for a short while in Alexandria, VA, before establishing his
Norfolk offices in 1915.  During World War 1 he entered the army and attended
Infantry Central Officers Training School, later returning to his Norfolk law
practice.

Att’y Davis is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lygretta B. Davis of Norfolk and a
daughter, Mrs. Annie Davis Ballentine of Brooklyn, NY.

Interment was in Calvary cemetery, Norfolk, with Hale and Company in charge of
funeral arrangements.

Additional Comments:
Calvary Cemetery

DAVIS, WALTER S I19255 Section 15, Block 15, Lot 100, Space NW 0 10/01/1963

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