Sarah Amanda died a tragic death May 25, 1917. She was sitting by the fireplace making a straw broom when it caught and set her clothing on fire. She was severely burned before it could be put out. She died the next day.
The Troy Messenger, in its weekly edition dated Wednesday, May 30, 1917, had the following to report:
MRS. DAVIDSON (sic) DIES FROM BURNS RECEIVED
From Friday's Daily: Friends of Mrs. Jimmie Davison, of Troy, 73 years of age, will regret to hear that she was painfully burned yesterday. According to news received here Mrs. Davison was sitting before a fire at her home, making a straw broom. The broom caught on fire and before she could get the straw from her lap her clothing caught on fire. Her body was badly burned before the flames could be extinguished.
One of Mrs. Davison's daughters rushed to the rescue and her hands were badly burned while she was trying to extinguish the flames in her mother's clothing. Drs. W.B. and Gillis Sanders were called from Troy to attend the injured ladies.
From Saturday's Daily: Mrs. J.A. Davison of Troy, Route 1, who was very badly burned on Thursday, succumbed to her injuries at an early hour this morning. Her condition had been very dangerous since the accident when her clothing caught on fire from a straw broom as she sat near a fire. Mrs. Davison was seventy-three years of age on May 1st.
She is survived by her husband and three daughters and two sons. She is also survived by one sister, who resides at Pleasant Grove, Wood county, Texas, and who is now enroute here, perhaps arriving tonight. The funeral and burial will occur at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Elam Cemetery, and the services will be conducted by Elder B.J. Wilson.
[Note: at the time of Sarah's death, she still had two sisters living, both in Wood County, Texas, so it is unknown which sister traveled back to Alabama for her funeral.]
The Troy Messenger, in its weekly edition dated Wednesday, May 30, 1917, had the following to report:
MRS. DAVIDSON (sic) DIES FROM BURNS RECEIVED
From Friday's Daily: Friends of Mrs. Jimmie Davison, of Troy, 73 years of age, will regret to hear that she was painfully burned yesterday. According to news received here Mrs. Davison was sitting before a fire at her home, making a straw broom. The broom caught on fire and before she could get the straw from her lap her clothing caught on fire. Her body was badly burned before the flames could be extinguished.
One of Mrs. Davison's daughters rushed to the rescue and her hands were badly burned while she was trying to extinguish the flames in her mother's clothing. Drs. W.B. and Gillis Sanders were called from Troy to attend the injured ladies.
From Saturday's Daily: Mrs. J.A. Davison of Troy, Route 1, who was very badly burned on Thursday, succumbed to her injuries at an early hour this morning. Her condition had been very dangerous since the accident when her clothing caught on fire from a straw broom as she sat near a fire. Mrs. Davison was seventy-three years of age on May 1st.
She is survived by her husband and three daughters and two sons. She is also survived by one sister, who resides at Pleasant Grove, Wood county, Texas, and who is now enroute here, perhaps arriving tonight. The funeral and burial will occur at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Elam Cemetery, and the services will be conducted by Elder B.J. Wilson.
[Note: at the time of Sarah's death, she still had two sisters living, both in Wood County, Texas, so it is unknown which sister traveled back to Alabama for her funeral.]
Sarah Amanda died a tragic death May 25, 1917. She was sitting by the fireplace making a straw broom when it caught and set her clothing on fire. She was severely burned before it could be put out. She died the next day.
The Troy Messenger, in its weekly edition dated Wednesday, May 30, 1917, had the following to report:
MRS. DAVIDSON (sic) DIES FROM BURNS RECEIVED
From Friday's Daily: Friends of Mrs. Jimmie Davison, of Troy, 73 years of age, will regret to hear that she was painfully burned yesterday. According to news received here Mrs. Davison was sitting before a fire at her home, making a straw broom. The broom caught on fire and before she could get the straw from her lap her clothing caught on fire. Her body was badly burned before the flames could be extinguished.
One of Mrs. Davison's daughters rushed to the rescue and her hands were badly burned while she was trying to extinguish the flames in her mother's clothing. Drs. W.B. and Gillis Sanders were called from Troy to attend the injured ladies.
From Saturday's Daily: Mrs. J.A. Davison of Troy, Route 1, who was very badly burned on Thursday, succumbed to her injuries at an early hour this morning. Her condition had been very dangerous since the accident when her clothing caught on fire from a straw broom as she sat near a fire. Mrs. Davison was seventy-three years of age on May 1st.
She is survived by her husband and three daughters and two sons. She is also survived by one sister, who resides at Pleasant Grove, Wood county, Texas, and who is now enroute here, perhaps arriving tonight. The funeral and burial will occur at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Elam Cemetery, and the services will be conducted by Elder B.J. Wilson.
[Note: at the time of Sarah's death, she still had two sisters living, both in Wood County, Texas, so it is unknown which sister traveled back to Alabama for her funeral.]
The Troy Messenger, in its weekly edition dated Wednesday, May 30, 1917, had the following to report:
MRS. DAVIDSON (sic) DIES FROM BURNS RECEIVED
From Friday's Daily: Friends of Mrs. Jimmie Davison, of Troy, 73 years of age, will regret to hear that she was painfully burned yesterday. According to news received here Mrs. Davison was sitting before a fire at her home, making a straw broom. The broom caught on fire and before she could get the straw from her lap her clothing caught on fire. Her body was badly burned before the flames could be extinguished.
One of Mrs. Davison's daughters rushed to the rescue and her hands were badly burned while she was trying to extinguish the flames in her mother's clothing. Drs. W.B. and Gillis Sanders were called from Troy to attend the injured ladies.
From Saturday's Daily: Mrs. J.A. Davison of Troy, Route 1, who was very badly burned on Thursday, succumbed to her injuries at an early hour this morning. Her condition had been very dangerous since the accident when her clothing caught on fire from a straw broom as she sat near a fire. Mrs. Davison was seventy-three years of age on May 1st.
She is survived by her husband and three daughters and two sons. She is also survived by one sister, who resides at Pleasant Grove, Wood county, Texas, and who is now enroute here, perhaps arriving tonight. The funeral and burial will occur at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Elam Cemetery, and the services will be conducted by Elder B.J. Wilson.
[Note: at the time of Sarah's death, she still had two sisters living, both in Wood County, Texas, so it is unknown which sister traveled back to Alabama for her funeral.]
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Daughter of Francis Marion and Jane (Rodgers) Vickery. Wife of James Allen Davison.
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