Willie Brooks Davis^[1]

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• Name	Willie Brooks Davis
  Born	4 Apr 1884	, Holmes, Mississippi, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Nov 1963	Durant, Holmes, Mississippi, United States
  Obituary	5 Dec 1963	Lexington, Holmes, Mississippi, United States
  	Holmes County Herald
  	Retired railroad engineer dies at Durant Willie Brooks Davis, retired railroad engineer, died in the District 2 Hospital in Durant Thursday night after a short illness. He was 75. Services were held at 2 p. m, Sunday at First Methodist Church. Burial followed in Mizpah Cemetery. Mr. Davis was born in Holmes County and had lived in Durant 68 years. He retired in June. 1953 after having served as locomotive, engineer for the Illinois Central Railroad for 43 years. He and Mrs. Davis, the former Minnie Lucas, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Oct. 5 of this year. He leaves his wife: a son, Sgt. Harold L. Davis, stationed at Camp Zama, Japan; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy D Lamyer of Jackson; two brothers, T. P. Davis of Memphis, and John L. Davis of New York City; a sister, Mrs. Jennie Lee Sheehy of Los Angeles, Calif. and three grandchildren.
  Buried	Mizpah Cemetery, Durant, Holmes, Mississippi, United States
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  Person ID	I1547	Kull Family
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2016

  
  

  Family	Minnie Gabriella Lucas,   b. 3 Dec 1887,   d. 26 Aug 1976
  Married	15 Oct 1913	Jasper, Walker, Alabama, United States   [1]
  Children	1. Willie Brooks Davis, Jr.,   b. 24 Sep 1914,   d. 26 May 1916   2. Harold Lucas Davis,   b. 20 Sep 1916,   d. 24 Apr 1985 > 3. Dorothy Davis,   b. 16 Sep 1923, Durant, Holmes, Mississippi, United States ,   d. 16 Feb 2008
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2009
  Family ID	F124	Group Sheet

  
  

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  		Married - 15 Oct 1913 - Jasper, Walker, Alabama, United States Died - 27 Nov 1963 - Durant, Holmes, Mississippi, United States Obituary - Holmes County Herald - 5 Dec 1963 - Lexington, Holmes, Mississippi, United States Buried - - Mizpah Cemetery, Durant, Holmes, Mississippi, United States  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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  [S6] The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, Mrs. Sherman Williams and The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., (So. Hist. Press).