Mrs. Mills Davis Dies At Age 58

Mrs. Gussie Florence Davis of RFD 1, Mt. Vernon, wife of Mills Davis, died at 9:37 o'clock last night at Good Samaritan Hospital where she had been a patient for the past 11 days. Her age was 58 years, seven months and seven days.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Myers Chapel, with the Rev. Leonard W. Stephenson officiating. The body will remain at Myers Chapel, where friends may call at any time after 10 a.m. Saturday.

Mrs. Davis was born February 1, 1891 in Jefferson county, the daughter of William T. and Caroline (LaTurno) Dare.

She was a respected lifetime resident of this county.

On April 12, 1910 she was married, in Jefferson county, to Mills Davis, who survives.

Mrs. Davis was a member of the South Hickory Hill Christian church.

Besides her husband, she is survived by five sisters, Mrs. Eliza Holloway and Mrs. Sarah Barnett of Benton, Mrs. Mary Smith and Mrs. Minerva Bullock of Mt. Vernon and Mrs. Bertha Olomon of Kasson, Minn.

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Submitted by: Janet Fryar Rohlfs