EAST PRAIRIE—Erma Yount Davis, 85, died at her home last night at 8;45 p.m.
She was born in Marble Hill, Oct. 18, 1880, daughter of Carl M. and Sarah Wilson Johnson.
On Dec. 6, 1898 she married Rev. W. B. Yount, who preceded her in death, as did her second husband, Burrell Davis.
She was a member of the Nelson Memorial Methodist church and had lived in East Prairie 14 years.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Wallace Durbin, and Mrs. Ernest Adkisson, both of East Prairie, Mrs. Edward Heil, St. Louis, and Mrs. Frank Crippen, San Wood, N. J.; three sons, Burett Yount, Silver Springs, Md., Swope Yount, Kansas City, and Medford Yount, St. Louis; one brother, Dewey Johnson, Jackson; 23 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, and one great - great grandchild.
Services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Shelby Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Cecil Hurt officiating. Burial will be in the W. O. W. cemetery.
The Daily Standard
Sikeston, Missouri
Saturday, October 23, 1965
Page 8
EAST PRAIRIE—Erma Yount Davis, 85, died at her home last night at 8;45 p.m.
She was born in Marble Hill, Oct. 18, 1880, daughter of Carl M. and Sarah Wilson Johnson.
On Dec. 6, 1898 she married Rev. W. B. Yount, who preceded her in death, as did her second husband, Burrell Davis.
She was a member of the Nelson Memorial Methodist church and had lived in East Prairie 14 years.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Wallace Durbin, and Mrs. Ernest Adkisson, both of East Prairie, Mrs. Edward Heil, St. Louis, and Mrs. Frank Crippen, San Wood, N. J.; three sons, Burett Yount, Silver Springs, Md., Swope Yount, Kansas City, and Medford Yount, St. Louis; one brother, Dewey Johnson, Jackson; 23 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, and one great - great grandchild.
Services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Shelby Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Cecil Hurt officiating. Burial will be in the W. O. W. cemetery.
The Daily Standard
Sikeston, Missouri
Saturday, October 23, 1965
Page 8
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