Rev. Herbert Eugene, son of Harrison E. and Eliza Jane Boyd Davis was born in North Loup, Neb., August 1, 1879, and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Burton B. Crandall, Milton, Wis., March 31, 1963.
He was married to Miss Mary Alice Ross at Plainfield, N. J., on Jun 11, 1907. Surviving children of this union are: Dr. Richard R., New Richmond, Wis.; Winthrop E., Berkeley, Calif.; Carol (Mrs. Burton B. Crandall), Milton, Wis.; and Marcia (Mrs. Kenneth Kreiser), Pennfield, N. Y. He is also survived by two brothers: George E. of Brookfield, N. Y., and Orsen E. of Denver, Colo., and by ten grandchildren. Mrs. Davis died on May 24, 1961.
He, with Mrs. Davis, united with the First Seventh Day Baptist Church of Alfred, Alfred, N. Y., by testimony Jan. 13, 1945, while making their home in Alfred, having previously held membership in the Shanghai, China, church and elsewhere.
Memorial services were conducted at the Milton, Wis., Seventh Day Baptist Church on April 2, 1963, with the pastor, The Rev. Elmo F. Randolph, officiating. Services were held at the Alfred church on April 4, with Dean Albert N. Rogers, School of Theology, and Rev. Hurley S. Warren officiating. Interment was in Alfred Rural Cemetery. H. S. W.
