From: KyArchives Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 1:15 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Davis.Ezra.H.1961.Breckinridge.OBIT Ezra H. DAVIS April 22, 1961 Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries Breckinridge County Herald-News, Friday, April 28, 1961 OBITUARY Ezra DAVIS, age 79, of Locust Hill, Ky (Breckinridge County), died on Saturday, April 22, 1961 at the Breckinridge Memorial Hospital in Hardinsburg, following an extended illness. Mr. DAVIS is survived by: his wife, Mrs. Maggie DAVIS four sons: Herman DAVIS of Locust Hill, Ky Clayborn DAVIS of Locust Hill, Ky Homer DAVIS of Locust Hill, Ky Mitchell DAVIS of Cloverport, Ky (Breckinridge County) four daughters: Mrs. Raymond HARPER of Cloverport, Ky Mrs. James HENDRICK of Cloverport, Ky Mrs. Willie BUTLER of Cloverport, Ky Mrs. Harold HORSLEY of Cloverport, Ky one brother: John DAVIS of Locust Hill, Ky one sister: Mrs. Nannie HINES of Hardinsburg, Ky Funeral services were held on Monday, April 24, 1961 from the Locust Hill Methodist Church, of which he was a member. The Dowell Funeral Home of Hardinsburg was in charge of arrangements. (no burial place given) Submitted by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com Additional Comments: DAVIS is one of my own family surnames. I extracted the marriage records for the DAVIS surname out of the marriage books for Breckinridge County back in the 1980's. Breckinridge County, Ky Marriage Book #28, Page 228 Ezra H. DAVIS & Margaret Elizabeth FORD, married 22 June 1906 Breckinridge County Cemeteries, volume one, published in 1991: Locust Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery, located at the junction of Highways 1073 (Locust Hill-- Harned Road) and Highway 1401 (Woodrow Road) in central Breckinridge County. The cemetery is directly behind the church. DAVIS, Ezra 1882 -- 1961 (husband of Margaret Elizabeth FORD) I did not find a tombstone for Ezra's wife. Peggy Russell This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/