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Lois Joanna <I>Davis</I> Cone

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Lois Joanna Davis Cone

Birth
Yadkin County, North Carolina, USA
Death
1 Jun 2000 (aged 103)
Social Circle, Walton County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Brooklet, Bulloch County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Stilson - Mrs. Lois Joanna Davis Cone, 103, died June 1 at Mews Retirement Home in Social Circle.

The Yadkin County, N.C., native was the widow of Dr. W. M. Cone. She worked in the motion picture industry in Atlanta for many years. She was the first woman in Atlanta to hold the position of feature film booker. She was head booker for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. On retirement, she moved to Stilson and was a member of Hubert United Methodist Church. She was honored by the United Methodist Church for being named their Quiet Disciple for 1991.

Survivors: two brothers, Alva V. Davis of Chesapeake, Va., and Gerdie S. Davis of East Bend, N.C.; a sister, Mabel D. Norman of East Bend; a sister-in-law, Emma Ruth Davis of East Bend; a brother-in-law, Louis H. Cone of Tucker; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral: 2 p.m. Monday at Hubert United Methodist Church in Stilson, burial in Old Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery.

Savannah Morning News - 3 Jun 2000
Stilson - Mrs. Lois Joanna Davis Cone, 103, died June 1 at Mews Retirement Home in Social Circle.

The Yadkin County, N.C., native was the widow of Dr. W. M. Cone. She worked in the motion picture industry in Atlanta for many years. She was the first woman in Atlanta to hold the position of feature film booker. She was head booker for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. On retirement, she moved to Stilson and was a member of Hubert United Methodist Church. She was honored by the United Methodist Church for being named their Quiet Disciple for 1991.

Survivors: two brothers, Alva V. Davis of Chesapeake, Va., and Gerdie S. Davis of East Bend, N.C.; a sister, Mabel D. Norman of East Bend; a sister-in-law, Emma Ruth Davis of East Bend; a brother-in-law, Louis H. Cone of Tucker; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral: 2 p.m. Monday at Hubert United Methodist Church in Stilson, burial in Old Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery.

Savannah Morning News - 3 Jun 2000


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  • Maintained by: Lillian Wingate
  • Originally Created by: nu2ga
  • Added: Aug 31, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75796337/lois_joanna-cone: accessed ), memorial page for Lois Joanna Davis Cone (9 Nov 1896–1 Jun 2000), Find a Grave Memorial ID 75796337, citing Old Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Brooklet, Bulloch County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Lillian Wingate (contributor 49377200).