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Place St. Elmo, Fayette, Illinois, United States|St. Elmo, Illinois
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Surname Davis
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Type Obituary
Publication Laminated copy of newspaper clipping (23 Nov 1998 edition) photocopy, published by McCray Press (Saginaw, Michigan)
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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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Name Effingham News

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