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Ruby Marie <I>Williams</I> Davis

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Ruby Marie Williams Davis

Birth
Harrell, Calhoun County, Arkansas, USA
Death
5 Jul 2005 (aged 87)
Magnolia, Columbia County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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Spouse: Leon David Davis, Sr.

Children: Henry W. Davis
Patricia Davis Winfree - Memorial No. 7800342
Leon David Davis, Jr.
Gary Davis
Catherine Davis Robison
Stephen Davis
Rebecca Jane Davis
Jenny Davis Valek

Parents:
Walter Benjamin Williams
Merdie Mae Robertson Williams

Grandparents:
George Benjamin Williams
Janettee "Nettie" Lucas Williams
John Floyd Robertson
Mary Emma Webb Robertson

Great Grandparents:
Spruce Macay Williams
Sarah Ann Beaver Williams
Hartwell M. Lucas
Mary Elizabeth Harcrow Lucas

OBITUARY: (Cobb Funeral Home)

Mrs. Ruby Marie Davis, 87, of Magnolia, AR, and formerly of Gosnell, died Tuesday, July 5, 2005, at the Magnolia Memorial Hospital. Born May 6, 1918, in Harrell, AR, the daughter of Walter Benjamin and Mertie Mae Robertson Williams, she was a homemaker and a member of Gosnell Baptist Church. She was a longtime member of the Gosnell Home Extension Club and had served as a judge in the canning booth at the Mississippi County Fair. She was actively involved in community affairs and had been a recipient of the Lions Club Citizen of the Year award. She had also been a former chairman of the Seat Belt Awareness Committee, going to various schools and educating the students about the importance of using seat belts.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Leon Davis; two daughters, Patti Winfree and Rebecca Davis; and a brother, Roy Williams.

19 Grandchildren & 12 Great Grandchildren

Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Jackson, Calhoun, Arkansas; Roll: T625_55; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 32; Image: 494.
(spellings according to census record)

Note: Walter 24, Mertie 21, Kennith 3, Ruby 1. In the household also Emma 50, Jimie Robertson 19, Alfred 10
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Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Lake Village, Chicot, Arkansas; Roll: 67; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0011; Image: 272.0; FHL microfilm: 2339802.

Note: Walter 35, Myrtie 30, Kenneth 13, Ruby 11, Francis 9, Roy 6, Katherine 1
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Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Manila, Mississippi, Arkansas; Roll: T627_155; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 47-1.

Note: Leon D 29, Ruby M 21, Henry W. 2, Patricia A. 6 months
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Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939; Certificate No. 19230

Spouse: Leon David Davis, Sr.

Children: Henry W. Davis
Patricia Davis Winfree - Memorial No. 7800342
Leon David Davis, Jr.
Gary Davis
Catherine Davis Robison
Stephen Davis
Rebecca Jane Davis
Jenny Davis Valek

Parents:
Walter Benjamin Williams
Merdie Mae Robertson Williams

Grandparents:
George Benjamin Williams
Janettee "Nettie" Lucas Williams
John Floyd Robertson
Mary Emma Webb Robertson

Great Grandparents:
Spruce Macay Williams
Sarah Ann Beaver Williams
Hartwell M. Lucas
Mary Elizabeth Harcrow Lucas

OBITUARY: (Cobb Funeral Home)

Mrs. Ruby Marie Davis, 87, of Magnolia, AR, and formerly of Gosnell, died Tuesday, July 5, 2005, at the Magnolia Memorial Hospital. Born May 6, 1918, in Harrell, AR, the daughter of Walter Benjamin and Mertie Mae Robertson Williams, she was a homemaker and a member of Gosnell Baptist Church. She was a longtime member of the Gosnell Home Extension Club and had served as a judge in the canning booth at the Mississippi County Fair. She was actively involved in community affairs and had been a recipient of the Lions Club Citizen of the Year award. She had also been a former chairman of the Seat Belt Awareness Committee, going to various schools and educating the students about the importance of using seat belts.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Leon Davis; two daughters, Patti Winfree and Rebecca Davis; and a brother, Roy Williams.

19 Grandchildren & 12 Great Grandchildren

Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Jackson, Calhoun, Arkansas; Roll: T625_55; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 32; Image: 494.
(spellings according to census record)

Note: Walter 24, Mertie 21, Kennith 3, Ruby 1. In the household also Emma 50, Jimie Robertson 19, Alfred 10
***
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Lake Village, Chicot, Arkansas; Roll: 67; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0011; Image: 272.0; FHL microfilm: 2339802.

Note: Walter 35, Myrtie 30, Kenneth 13, Ruby 11, Francis 9, Roy 6, Katherine 1
***
Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Manila, Mississippi, Arkansas; Roll: T627_155; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 47-1.

Note: Leon D 29, Ruby M 21, Henry W. 2, Patricia A. 6 months
***
Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939; Certificate No. 19230



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