(from The Nolan County News, 5/01/1952)
Jimmie F. Davis, 32, who was seriously injured in a traffic accident near Gail Saturday night while he and his wife and brother were en route home to Sweetwater from Hobbs, N.M., died in Snyder hospital Tuesday morning at 8:45.
Mr. Davis, who had moved with his wife to Hobbs, N.M., about a week ago to take a job, was coming home to his family here when the car he was driving overturned.
His wife, the former Jean Richards, to whom he was married about two months ago, sustained two fractures of the neck and is in serious condition in Snyder hospital.
His brother, A.L., who was with them, was not seriously hurt.
Funeral services were held here Thursday at West Side Baptist Church, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. L.B. Moss, and the Rev. Cleitus Beights, pastor of West Sixth Street Methodist Church.
Burial was in Sweetwater Cemetery with Patterson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Davis was a veteran of World War II and military rites at the grave will be conducted by the local V.F.W. Post.
Jimmie F. Davis, who had lived in Sweetwater since 1945, was born Dec. 20, 1920, in Cooper, Tex.
Survivors are his widow; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.F. Davis of Sweetwater; three brothers, A.R. and Will A. Davis of Sweetwater, A.L. Davis of Hobbs; one sister, Mrs. Frank Toler of Garland, Tex.
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(from The Nolan County News, 5/01/1952)
Jimmie F. Davis, 32, who was seriously injured in a traffic accident near Gail Saturday night while he and his wife and brother were en route home to Sweetwater from Hobbs, N.M., died in Snyder hospital Tuesday morning at 8:45.
Mr. Davis, who had moved with his wife to Hobbs, N.M., about a week ago to take a job, was coming home to his family here when the car he was driving overturned.
His wife, the former Jean Richards, to whom he was married about two months ago, sustained two fractures of the neck and is in serious condition in Snyder hospital.
His brother, A.L., who was with them, was not seriously hurt.
Funeral services were held here Thursday at West Side Baptist Church, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. L.B. Moss, and the Rev. Cleitus Beights, pastor of West Sixth Street Methodist Church.
Burial was in Sweetwater Cemetery with Patterson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Davis was a veteran of World War II and military rites at the grave will be conducted by the local V.F.W. Post.
Jimmie F. Davis, who had lived in Sweetwater since 1945, was born Dec. 20, 1920, in Cooper, Tex.
Survivors are his widow; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.F. Davis of Sweetwater; three brothers, A.R. and Will A. Davis of Sweetwater, A.L. Davis of Hobbs; one sister, Mrs. Frank Toler of Garland, Tex.
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