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William (Bill) Davis May 2 1956 
Mccreary County KyArchives Obituaries

Tuesday, May 8, 1956, McCreary County Record

William (Bill) Davis, age 63 years died suddenly Tuesday at his home at 1411 
West Grand Avenue, Orlando, Fla. The body was returned here Friday to the home 
of his daughter, Mrs. Chester Stephens, awaiting burial on Sunday. Mr. Davis 
was born on Turkey Creek in Wayne County, Kentucky. He professed his faith in 
Christ as a young man and joined the Turkey Creek Baptist Church of which he 
was a member at his death. He came to McCreary County to work for the Stearns 
Coal and Lumber Company and was a mine superintendent at Yamacraw and 
Cooperative until he was forced to retire in 1945 because of ill health. He 
was an employee of the company for 33 years. Upon retiring he moved to Indiana 
for a short time and later moved to Orlando. His long period of service with 
the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company was proof of his character and the high 
regard in which he was held by his fellowman. Mr. Davis is survived by his 
widow, Sarepty Thompson Davis, one son, Noble Davis, Cincinnati; eleven 
daughters, Mrs. Zora Stephens, Smithtown; Mrs. Artie Stephens, Norwood; Mrs. 
Alta Abrams, Cincinnati; Mrs. Ava Becker, Chicago; Mrs. Madia Trovioli, 
Marshall, Ill; Mrs. Marie Huffman, with her husband in Japan; Mrs. Clara 
Baker, Fairfield, Calif., Mrs. Gloria Cape, Mrs. Georgia Keefe, Mrs. Bernice 
Stevenson and Mrs. Mable Bruce, Orlando; four brothers, Charlie, Bob, Thomas 
and Howard, all of Muncie; four sisters. Mrs. Mattie Clark, Mrs. Polly Burnett 
of Muncie, Mrs. June (Jane) Whitehead and Mrs. Lina Worley, Stearns; 84 
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday 
in the Pleasant Rock Baptist Church, Smithtown, with the Rev. Cox and the Rev. 
Willie Walker officiating. Burial was in  the Wolf Ridge Cemetery. 
Pallbearers were his sons-in-law, William H. Cate (Cape). Johnny Stevens, 
Arnold Stephens, John Travioli, Delbert Abrams and N. Keefe. Flower girls 
were Barbara, Brenda, Margaret and Mary Stephens and Sharon Ann King.  


Submitted by: Lisa Whitehead


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