Sussex-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Davis, D'Earcy P. Sr., 1952 

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D'EARCY PAUL DAVIS 

   Funeral services for D'Earcy Paul Davis, 54, who died at his home in 
Wakefield on Tuesday afternoon, February 26, after a brief illness, were 
held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, with interment in the Wakefield Cemetery. 
Rev. E.G. Conklin, pastor of the Wakefield Baptist Church, officiated.

   Active pallbearers were C.A. Anderson, Sr., J.N. Barker, L.B. Faison, J.R. 
Harris, J.M. Long, R.R. Magee, Dr. E.C. Nettles and J.E. Pittman.

   A native of Isle of Wight County, Mr. Davis was form time to time engaged 
in business enterprises in Waverly, Ivor and Zuni.  He had resided in 
Wakefield since 1931, and was the owner and operator of the Midway Service 
Station in that town.  He was also one of the promoters of the Wakefield 
Sportsmans Club.

   Mr. Davis is survived by his wife, Mrs. Laura Mae Davis; one son D.P. 
Davis, Jr., of Harrisonburg; one daughter, Mrs. Catherine D. Briggs of 
Wakefield; three grandchildren; two brothers, H.O. Davis of Washington, D.C., 
and G.M. Davis of Warsaw; and four sisters, Mrs. Eva Hall of Zuni, Mrs. Virgie 
Crumpler of Petersburg, Mrs. Ruth Brooks of Hopewell, and Mrs. Hazel Judkins 
of Richmond.


D'Earcy Paul DAVIS, Sr. [II], service station owner/operator, 
b. 4 Jan 1898, Isle of Wight Co., d. 26 Feb 1952, at home, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 29 Feb 1952, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 7, 1952, p. 14 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His widow's obit ("Daily Press," Mar. 10, 1985, p. 47) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/d120l4ob.txt 


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