Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Davis, Bessie M. Gillette, 1949 

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BESSIE MURDAUGH GILLETTE DAVIS

MRS. BESSIE G. DAVIS BURIED IN COURTLAND

   Courtland, Sept 19 - Mrs. Bessie Gillette Davis, 70, died Sunday afternoon 
at her home after an extended illness.  She was the widow of Jesse Benjamin 
Davis, who died July 23, and the daughter of the late Joseph Lewis and Rebecca 
Cobb Gillette, of Southampton County.  She was a member of Courtland Methodist 
Church.

   Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Ethel D. Marks and Mrs. Bessie D. 
Rogers, of Courtland and Mrs. E.L. Marks, Jr., of Sebrell; one son, Lewis W. 
Davis, of Courtland; nine grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, one 
brother, T.A. Gillette, Sr., of Franklin, and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Davis 
and Miss Lucille Gillette, both of Courtland.

   Funeral services were conducted at 4 p.m. at the residence by the Rev. E.R. 
Collie.  Burial was in Courtland Cemetery.


Bessie Murdaugh (GILLETTE; Mrs. Jesse B.) DAVIS, d. 18 Sep 1949, age 70, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 26*), Courtland, 
   19 Sep 1949, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 23, 1949, p. 9 

*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," July 29, 1949, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d120j3ob.txt 


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