Maggie Davis; 75, Of Bluford, Dies; Rites Wednesday

Mrs. Maggie Davis, 75, of Bluford, died at 10 o'clock last night at Good Samaritan Hospital.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 4, at 1:30 pm at the U.B. church in Bluford. The Rev. Bird Green will officiate and burial will be in Union Chapel cemetery, near Divide.

The body will remain at Combs Chapel in Wayne City, where friends may call at any time after 2:00 pm Sunday.

Mrs. Davis was a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist church.

She was first married to Dan Knauss, who preceded her in death in 1905. In 1942 she was married to B.D. Davis (sic D.B.), who survives.

Besides her husband, she is survived by one son, Charley Knauss of Hammond, Ind.; two daughters, Mrs. Rena Huff of El Cerico, Calif., and Mrs. Will Henry of Keenes; one sister, Mrs. Cora Lewis of Yale, Ill.; two step-sons, Cooper Davis of Wayne City and Alfred Davis of Bluford; and three step-daughters, Mrs. Arzetta Johnson of Bluford, Mrs. Gertie Sanders of keenes and Mrs. Alice Rand of New York City.

Source: Mt. Vernon Register News
Date: Friday, March 30, 1951
Submitted by: John R. Ball
Transcription by: Sandy (Whalen) Bauer

Note from Sandy:

Margaret "Maggie" Ellis b Mary 28, 175 d March 29, 1951 was the daughter of Lewis Ellis (c. 1826-1878) and Margaret Fields (c. 1829-1878).

Maggie married (1st) Daniel H. Knauss on February 26, 1893 and he died in 1905.

Maggie married (2nd) Dexter Grant Williams on January 4, 1910 and he died February 7, 1940.

Maggie married (3rd) David B. Davis in 1942 and he died March 29, 1951.

Maggie was my maternal great grandfather David B. Davis 2nd wife. His first wife, Sarah Elizabeth Shrum, had died from complications from diabetes. After Maggie died, he married his 3rd wife, Martha "Mattie" (Butler) Davis the widow of his brother Charles Davis. The house David and Maggie lived in was on what is now 5th Street in Bluford and that is where my dad's parents later owned and lived in their later years.