Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Davis, Edgar W., 1940 

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EDGAR WILLIAMS DAVIS 

DEATH OF E. W. DAVIS 

   Edgar William [sic; Williams] Davis, age 83 years, died at his home in 
Sebrell Sunday afternoon after a long illness. 

   Born and reared in Southampton County, Mr. Davis was the son of the late 
Dr. Madison and Mrs. Eliza Williams Davis, and was prominently connected 
throughout the county and State.  He was a consistent member of Sebrell M.E. 
Church. 

   Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. C.E. Holladay of Wakefield and Mrs. R.T. 
Short of Richmond, one son, B.W. Davis, also of Richmond and three 
grandchildren. 

   The funeral services were held at the grave in Sebrell Cemetery Tuesday 
afternoon at four o'clock, and were conducted by the Rev. Cecil V. Morris, 
pastor of Capron M.E. Church, assisted by William Edwards of Courtland. 

   The pallbearers were A.E. Briggs, S.V. Camp, Jr., B.W. Sebrell, Jr., J.H. 
Gray, R.R. Reese, T.H. Birdsong, Jr., Linwood Butterworth and C.R. Wade. 


Edgar Williams DAVIS, retired merchant, 
b. 25 May 1857, Southampton Co., d. 14 Jul 1940, at home, Sebrell, 
interred in the SEBRELL-SIMMONS Cemetery (Plot 24B*), Sebrell, 16 Jul 1940, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 35, No. 42, Fri., July 19, 1940, p. 4 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (MV-IV-11): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Budjr - is posted with Find a Grave 
   Memorial #57407072; Find a Grave calls it Barn Tavern Cemetery. 

D.Cert. 17856 (Sebrell #3) 

He was appointed Postmaster of Vicksville 19 Jan 1885. 

He 1m. Mollie E. DELK, 16 Jul 1885, in Isle of Wight Co. 

Edgar W. Davis, 36, w, So.Co., So.Co., 
   s/o Madison J. and Eliza V. Williams Davis, Merchant and Farmer
m. 04-29-1896 Trinity M.E. Church South by Rev. C.C. Wertenbaker
Lucy Blanche Sebrell, 19, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o Benjamin Walter and Martha Susan Dunn Sebrell
(Southampton Co. MB8:575; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb08pt.txt) 

Lucy's sister Romine Inez m. S.V. Camp (MB8:80), so pallbearer S.V. Camp, 
   Jr., is Edgar's nephew. 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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