John Hector Davis obituary (March 28, 1929), DeSoto Co., MS

"Obituary of John Hector Davis

DeSoto Times-Promoter

March 28, 1929

Thanks to the Genealogical Society of DeSoto County for allowing us to reprint this from

Nov. 2007, DeSoto Descendants, VOL. 25, NO. 4

“Mr. J. H. Davis, of Horn Lake, prominent farmer and dairyman, died Saturday night at the Baptist hospital in Memphis. Death followed an illness of several week duration.

“Hec” Davis, as he was known to his friends and acquaintances, was a native of DeSoto County, the youngest boy in his family. His father died while he was of tender age, and he aided in the support of a widowed mother. By his industry, frugality and close attention to his work he succeeded as a farmer, and was one of the men in the county who made dairying a profitable part of his work. He was a good husband, father, neighbor and friend, and his community and the county will miss this good citizen.

He leaves a widow and three or four children. At the time of his death he was about sixty-five years old.

The burial was at the old family cemetery near Plum Point, over in Tennessee, last Sunday."

Note by MSGen.net webmaster:  March 28, 1929 was a Thursday.  Saturday would have been March 23, and Sunday would have been March 24, 1929.

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