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Erma Edna <I>Petty</I> Davis

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Erma Edna Petty Davis

Birth
Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA
Death
22 Oct 1965 (aged 85)
East Prairie, Mississippi County, Missouri, USA
Burial
East Prairie, Mississippi County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Erma Yount Davis Dies At Home

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
Erma Yount Davis Dies At Home

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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  • Created by: Joe Day
  • Added: Aug 5, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114939533/erma_edna-davis: accessed ), memorial page for Erma Edna Petty Davis (18 Oct 1880–22 Oct 1965), Find a Grave Memorial ID 114939533, citing Memorial Park Cemetery, East Prairie, Mississippi County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Joe Day (contributor 47846874).