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

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EDGAR WILLIAM DAVIS

   Edgar William 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 William DAVIS, 
b. Southampton Co., d. 14 Jul 1940, at home, Sebrell, age 83, 
interred in the SEBRELL-SIMMONS Cemetery (Plot 24B*), Sebrell, 16 Jul 1940, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 19, 1940, p. 4 

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

Additional information: 

His first marriage is not found in the Southampton Co. records. 

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. 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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