Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Davis, Anna R. Gillette, 1963 

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ANNA REBECCA GILLETTE DAVIS

MRS. ANNA G. DAVIS

   COURTLAND - Mrs. Anna Gillette Davis, 79, died Wednesday morning in the 
home of her daughter, Mrs. Paige Watkinson after a short illness.

   She was the widow of Ezra W. Davis and a daughter of Lewis and Mrs. 
Rebecca Cobb Gillette of Southampton County.

   She was a member of Courtland Methodist Church and Southampton Chapter, 
Order of Eastern Star.

   Besides Mrs. Watkinson, surviving are four other daughters, Mrs. Jane D. 
Colglazier of Bel Air, Md., Mrs. Anna D. Thweatt Victoria and Mrs. Betty D. 
Joyner of Courtland; three sons, Garland H. Davis and E. William Davis of 
Courtland and Gilbert Davis of Portsmouth; a sister, Mrs. Lucille Gillette of 
Courtland; a brother T.A. Gillette of Franklin; 13 grandchildren and three 
great-grandchildren.

   The body was taken to W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, Franklin.  A 
funeral service was held at 2:30 p.m. in Courtland Methodist Church by the 
Rev. Byron S. Hallstead.  Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland.

   Pallbearers were the three sons, Garland, William and Gillette Davis and 
the fives sons-in-law, Paige Watkinson, Monroe Joyner, T.P. Gilbert, W.W. 
Colglazier and Jas. W. Thweatt.


Anna Rebecca (GILLETTE; Mrs. Ezra W.) DAVIS, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 14 Nov 1932, at daughter's home, Courtland, age 79, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 26*), Courtland, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 23, 1963, Sect. II, p. 4 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

Her parents are buried in a GILLETTE family cemetery, near Isaac Crossroads. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-51): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 18, 1932, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d120e5ob.txt 


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