Southampton-Sussex-Greensville County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Davis, William T., 1936 

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WILLIAM THOMAS DAVIS

   William Thomas Davis, father of Trial Justice Charles W. Davis of Courtland 
and well-known  citizen of this county for many years, died March 10 at the home 
of his daughter, Mrs. Thos. F. Jarratt in Jarratt, with whom he had made his 
home since the death of Mrs. Davis in 1926.

   Mr. Davis was born at the old homestead near Vicksville, this county, 
November 11, 1849, the son of the late Littleton Davis and Mrs. Louisa Wills 
Davis.  On February 2, 1877, he married Miss Eugenia Butler of this county who 
died ten years ago, and for approximately half a century they lived at Sedley 
where they were highly-esteemed citizens and raised an interesting family of two 
sons and four daughters: Dr. J. Littleton Davis of Roanoke, Charles W. Davis of 
Courtland, Mrs. E.F. Jarratt of Jarratt, Mrs. R.W. Raiford of Richmond, Mrs. 
J.J. Baker and Mrs. Berkley Hancock of Newport News. Mr. Davis is also survived 
by 12 grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. William Wellons and Mrs. Betty Barnes 
of Sedley.

   Both Mr. and Mrs. Davis were originally members of Johnson’s Grove Christian 
Church, but about 40 years ago they moved their membership to the Black Creek 
Friends Church, now the Sedley Friends Church. Mr. Davis was a man of sterling 
Christian character and leaves a wide circle of friends.

   Funeral services at 3 o’clock in the family plot at Rosemont Cemetery, 
Sedley, by the Rev. Jesse Stanfield, pastor of the deceased, assisted by Rev. 
Alonzo Cloud, Rev. Floyd P. Davis and Rev. A. W. Roten of Courtland. The 
pallbearers were his sons, sons-in-law and two grandsons, J.J. Baker, Jr., and 
Robert Baker of Newport News.


[William Thomas DAVIS, formerly of Sedley, 
 b. 17 Nov 1852, near Vicksville, d. 10 Mar 1936, Jarratt, 
 interred in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 13, 1936] 

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