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Obituary for Pearl Eugene Davis |
Author |
Staff |
Coverage
Place |
St. Elmo, Fayette, Illinois, United States|St. Elmo, Illinois |
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Surname |
Davis |
Publication information
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Obituary |
Publication |
Laminated copy of newspaper clipping (23 Nov 1998 edition) photocopy, published by McCray Press (Saginaw, Michigan) |
Citation
Staff. Obituary for Pearl Eugene Davis. (Laminated copy of newspaper clipping (23 Nov 1998 edition) photocopy, published by McCray Press (Saginaw, Michigan)). |
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The content of this MySource page relates specifically to Pearl Eugene Davis
Mr. Davis was generally known as "Pearl".
The obituary indicates that
- Mr. Davis was 91 at the time of his death
- Mr. Davis died at the Lutheran Care Center, Altamont, Illinois at 1:15 PM on Saturday, 21 November 1998
- the funeral was held Tuesday 24 November 1998 at Kull Funeral Home, St. Elmo, Illinois
- Mr. Davis was buried in Crum Chapel Cemetery, rural St. Elmo, Illinois
- memorials were to be made to the First Church of God, St. Elmo, Illinois
- Mr. Davis was born 6 April 1907 in Loudon Township, Fayette County, Illinois
- Mr. Davis' parents were George W. Davis and Rebecca Ann Davis nee Ashburn
- Mr. Davis married Mary Jane Mills in 1927
- Mr. Davis was a farmer and concurrently worked for Richardson Brothers Greenhouse in St. Elmo, Illinois
- Mr. Davis was a member of the First Church of God, St. Elmo, Illinois
- Mr. Davis worked as a self-employed woodworker after his retirement
- Mr. Davis was survived by his wife; one son; four daughters; two sisters; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and nine great-step-grandchildren
- Mr. Davis was preceded in death by one brother; maternal grandmother, Louella "Ella" Baker; one grandson and one great grandson
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