Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Davis, Melvin L. Jr., 1972 

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MELVIN LEWIS DAVIS, JR. 

   IVOR - A funeral service for Melvin (Mel) Davis, Jr., 21*, of Ivor was held 
Monday at 2:30 P.M. in Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, by the Rev. Brian 
L. Tiffany and the Rev. J.L. McTerr. 

   Burial was in Ivor Cemetery. 

   Pallbearers were Barry Pittman, Ted Pittman, Paul Pursell, John Shoemaker, 
Wesley Joyner, Larry Beale and Bobby Brooks. 

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of Melvin L. and Mrs. Mabel 
Pittman Davis of Ivor. 

   He was a member of Ivor Baptist Church, Woodmen of the World, and Ivor 
Community Hunt Club. 

   He worked for the Virginia State Highway Department. 

   Besides his parents, surviving are two brothers, Wayne E. Davis of Hampton 
and Ralph O. Davis of Ivor; and paternal grandmother, Mrs. Bessie L. Davis of 
Adams Basin, N.Y. 


"Mel" Melvin Lewis DAVIS, Jr., Virginia State Highway Dept. employee, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 1 Jan 1972, Suffolk, age 20, 
interred in Ivor Cemetery**, 3 Jan 1972, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 6, 1972, p. 3 

**His parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Ivor list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/ivor.txt 

*He died a month & a day short of 21. 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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