Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, March 5, 1981
Edith Etta Davis, 89 Final Rites Were Held February 21
Funeral services for Edith Etta Davis, 89, of Rock Port, Missouri, held February 21 in the United Methodist Church in Gravity, Iowa, were conducted by Rev. Norman Smyth. She died in Rock Port, February 17. Interment was at Washington Cemetery, Gravity.
Edith Etta Johnson, daughter of Lewis Lincoln and Olive Patterson Johnson, was born October 31, 1891 near Yorktown, Iowa.
In her early years she moved with her family to Taylor County where she grew to womanhood and attended school. Edith joined the Methodist Church in Gravity at an early age and reared her family in the ways of our Lord and Saviour.
She was united in marriage to Frank Elmer Davis on December 7, 1910 at Beaconsfield, Iowa with Tom and Neva Lower as their attendants. They started their married life on a farm in the Guss community. To this union 3 daughters were born, Mildred, Dorothy and Melva. They lived all their lives in Taylor County with the exception of a few years in Texas and the last eight years with Melva in Rock Port when they could no longer care for themselves.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Frank, daughter Dorothy, two brothers (Harve and Frank), and a brother and a sister who died in infancy.
Edith is survived by daughters Mildred and Melva; one son-in-law, Eugene Richard Bunn, who lovingly cared for her to the very end; four grandchildren: (Barbara, Denny, Richard and Randy); five great-grandchildren: (Raymond, Robert and Rhonda Pfeifler, and Leigh Ann and Gregory Eugene Bunn); two sisters: (Lena Terry of Mercedes, Texas, and Grace Beemer of Gravity, Iowa); one brother, James Russell Johnson, of Dallas, Texas; a number of nieces and nephews, and a host of friends.
Edith spent her entire life serving others and making a home full of love for her children. She was a wonderful mother and wife, and her love endureth forever; the precious memories shall never pass away.
Edith Etta Davis, 89 Final Rites Were Held February 21
Funeral services for Edith Etta Davis, 89, of Rock Port, Missouri, held February 21 in the United Methodist Church in Gravity, Iowa, were conducted by Rev. Norman Smyth. She died in Rock Port, February 17. Interment was at Washington Cemetery, Gravity.
Edith Etta Johnson, daughter of Lewis Lincoln and Olive Patterson Johnson, was born October 31, 1891 near Yorktown, Iowa.
In her early years she moved with her family to Taylor County where she grew to womanhood and attended school. Edith joined the Methodist Church in Gravity at an early age and reared her family in the ways of our Lord and Saviour.
She was united in marriage to Frank Elmer Davis on December 7, 1910 at Beaconsfield, Iowa with Tom and Neva Lower as their attendants. They started their married life on a farm in the Guss community. To this union 3 daughters were born, Mildred, Dorothy and Melva. They lived all their lives in Taylor County with the exception of a few years in Texas and the last eight years with Melva in Rock Port when they could no longer care for themselves.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Frank, daughter Dorothy, two brothers (Harve and Frank), and a brother and a sister who died in infancy.
Edith is survived by daughters Mildred and Melva; one son-in-law, Eugene Richard Bunn, who lovingly cared for her to the very end; four grandchildren: (Barbara, Denny, Richard and Randy); five great-grandchildren: (Raymond, Robert and Rhonda Pfeifler, and Leigh Ann and Gregory Eugene Bunn); two sisters: (Lena Terry of Mercedes, Texas, and Grace Beemer of Gravity, Iowa); one brother, James Russell Johnson, of Dallas, Texas; a number of nieces and nephews, and a host of friends.
Edith spent her entire life serving others and making a home full of love for her children. She was a wonderful mother and wife, and her love endureth forever; the precious memories shall never pass away.
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, March 5, 1981
Edith Etta Davis, 89 Final Rites Were Held February 21
Funeral services for Edith Etta Davis, 89, of Rock Port, Missouri, held February 21 in the United Methodist Church in Gravity, Iowa, were conducted by Rev. Norman Smyth. She died in Rock Port, February 17. Interment was at Washington Cemetery, Gravity.
Edith Etta Johnson, daughter of Lewis Lincoln and Olive Patterson Johnson, was born October 31, 1891 near Yorktown, Iowa.
In her early years she moved with her family to Taylor County where she grew to womanhood and attended school. Edith joined the Methodist Church in Gravity at an early age and reared her family in the ways of our Lord and Saviour.
She was united in marriage to Frank Elmer Davis on December 7, 1910 at Beaconsfield, Iowa with Tom and Neva Lower as their attendants. They started their married life on a farm in the Guss community. To this union 3 daughters were born, Mildred, Dorothy and Melva. They lived all their lives in Taylor County with the exception of a few years in Texas and the last eight years with Melva in Rock Port when they could no longer care for themselves.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Frank, daughter Dorothy, two brothers (Harve and Frank), and a brother and a sister who died in infancy.
Edith is survived by daughters Mildred and Melva; one son-in-law, Eugene Richard Bunn, who lovingly cared for her to the very end; four grandchildren: (Barbara, Denny, Richard and Randy); five great-grandchildren: (Raymond, Robert and Rhonda Pfeifler, and Leigh Ann and Gregory Eugene Bunn); two sisters: (Lena Terry of Mercedes, Texas, and Grace Beemer of Gravity, Iowa); one brother, James Russell Johnson, of Dallas, Texas; a number of nieces and nephews, and a host of friends.
Edith spent her entire life serving others and making a home full of love for her children. She was a wonderful mother and wife, and her love endureth forever; the precious memories shall never pass away.
Edith Etta Davis, 89 Final Rites Were Held February 21
Funeral services for Edith Etta Davis, 89, of Rock Port, Missouri, held February 21 in the United Methodist Church in Gravity, Iowa, were conducted by Rev. Norman Smyth. She died in Rock Port, February 17. Interment was at Washington Cemetery, Gravity.
Edith Etta Johnson, daughter of Lewis Lincoln and Olive Patterson Johnson, was born October 31, 1891 near Yorktown, Iowa.
In her early years she moved with her family to Taylor County where she grew to womanhood and attended school. Edith joined the Methodist Church in Gravity at an early age and reared her family in the ways of our Lord and Saviour.
She was united in marriage to Frank Elmer Davis on December 7, 1910 at Beaconsfield, Iowa with Tom and Neva Lower as their attendants. They started their married life on a farm in the Guss community. To this union 3 daughters were born, Mildred, Dorothy and Melva. They lived all their lives in Taylor County with the exception of a few years in Texas and the last eight years with Melva in Rock Port when they could no longer care for themselves.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Frank, daughter Dorothy, two brothers (Harve and Frank), and a brother and a sister who died in infancy.
Edith is survived by daughters Mildred and Melva; one son-in-law, Eugene Richard Bunn, who lovingly cared for her to the very end; four grandchildren: (Barbara, Denny, Richard and Randy); five great-grandchildren: (Raymond, Robert and Rhonda Pfeifler, and Leigh Ann and Gregory Eugene Bunn); two sisters: (Lena Terry of Mercedes, Texas, and Grace Beemer of Gravity, Iowa); one brother, James Russell Johnson, of Dallas, Texas; a number of nieces and nephews, and a host of friends.
Edith spent her entire life serving others and making a home full of love for her children. She was a wonderful mother and wife, and her love endureth forever; the precious memories shall never pass away.
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