WILLIS CLIFTON DAVIS
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WILLIS CLIFTON DAVIS
| Woolley06 (View posts) | Posted: 15 Nov 2000 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: DAVIS, RATLIFF, NICHOLS
Willis Clifton Davis Died Wednesday, Funeral Friday
Willis Clifton Davis, 71, died at 7 a.m. Wednesday, February 28, in St. John Hospital in San Angelo. He had been ill for four months. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today (Friday) from the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Harry Grantz, pastor, and the Rev. Chester Wilkerson, retired Methodist minister, officiating. Burial will be in Northview Cemetery under direction of Spill Funeral Home.
Willis Clifton Davis was born April 3, 1896, in Milam County, Texas, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis J. Davis. At the age of six he moved with his family to a farm in the Bethel community in Runnels County, where he lived until he joined the Army in 1917 during World War I. Following his discharge from the Army, he moved to the Dale Community east of Winters where he lived until 1950 when he moved to Winters.
He was married to Viola Ratliff on December 23, 1920. She died in 1933. In 1940 he was married to Lettie Cottrell in Winters. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and of the American Legion.
Survivors are his wife; one son, Willis Davis of Winters; two daughters, Mrs. Herbert (Joyce) Skinner of Austin and Mrs. Leon (Venita) Worthington of Fresno, California; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild; three sisters, Mrs. C. O. (Lady) Rodgers and Mrs. Lloyd (Alice) Compton, both of Winters, and Mrs. Ruby Burns of San Angelo; one brother, Jack Davis of Abilene.
Article from The Winters Enterprise - Friday, March 1, 1968
Clifton was the son of Willis Jefferson Davis and Ludie Amanda Nichols. He was also proceeded in death by a daughter, Doris Irene Davis. She died in 1935.
Willis Clifton Davis, 71, died at 7 a.m. Wednesday, February 28, in St. John Hospital in San Angelo. He had been ill for four months. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today (Friday) from the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Harry Grantz, pastor, and the Rev. Chester Wilkerson, retired Methodist minister, officiating. Burial will be in Northview Cemetery under direction of Spill Funeral Home.
Willis Clifton Davis was born April 3, 1896, in Milam County, Texas, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis J. Davis. At the age of six he moved with his family to a farm in the Bethel community in Runnels County, where he lived until he joined the Army in 1917 during World War I. Following his discharge from the Army, he moved to the Dale Community east of Winters where he lived until 1950 when he moved to Winters.
He was married to Viola Ratliff on December 23, 1920. She died in 1933. In 1940 he was married to Lettie Cottrell in Winters. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and of the American Legion.
Survivors are his wife; one son, Willis Davis of Winters; two daughters, Mrs. Herbert (Joyce) Skinner of Austin and Mrs. Leon (Venita) Worthington of Fresno, California; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild; three sisters, Mrs. C. O. (Lady) Rodgers and Mrs. Lloyd (Alice) Compton, both of Winters, and Mrs. Ruby Burns of San Angelo; one brother, Jack Davis of Abilene.
Article from The Winters Enterprise - Friday, March 1, 1968
Clifton was the son of Willis Jefferson Davis and Ludie Amanda Nichols. He was also proceeded in death by a daughter, Doris Irene Davis. She died in 1935.