Merwin Jones "Bubba" Davis ^16,408

  General Notes:

OBITUARY

DAVIS, Mr. Merwin Jones, 91,a resident of Luverne died Friday December 12, 2008. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at the Luverne First Baptist Church with Rev. Donnie Burns, Rev. Frank Lowery and Rev. W.O. Sanders officiating. Interment will follow in the Rutledge Cemetery with Turner Funeral Home of Luverne directing. Mr. Davis is preceded in death by a wife, Betty Davis; three sisters, Edna Phillips, Marie Porter and Zell Corley; and three brothers, Elmo Davis, Ford Davis and Orin Davis. Survivors include his wife, Julia Hughes Davis; four children, Barbara (Dan)Clevenger of Shelbyville, TN, Kenneth (Barbara) Davis of Pensacola, FL, Louise (Johnny) Flanders of Woodstock, GA and Danny (Teresa) Davis of Clinton, MS; eight grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. Active pall bearers will be Brad Davis, Judd Davis, Kevin Wallace, Mitch Davis, Eddie Phillips and James Corley. Jonathan Flanders will serve as an honorary pallbearer.

Source: Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA)
Date: 13 DEC 2008

  Life Events:

1. Occupation: Worked for Texaco.

2. Church Affiliation: Baptist.

Merwin married Elizabeth Anne "Betty" Bailey, daughter of Clanton Claudius Bailey and Annie L. Scoggins, in Aug 1937. (Elizabeth Anne "Betty" Bailey was born on 29 Dec 1919, died on 24 Feb 1999 in Luverne, Crenshaw, Alabama, USA ⁴⁰⁸ and was buried on 27 Feb 1999 in Rutledge Primative Baptist Church Cemetery (Rutledge, Crenshaw, Alabama, USA) ⁴⁰⁸.)

Merwin next married Julia Hughes on 17 Jul 1999 in Goshen, Pike, Alabama, USA. (Julia Hughes was born in 1920,⁴⁰⁹ died on 15 Sep 2009 ⁴⁰⁹ and was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery (Goshen, Pike, Alabama, USA) ⁴⁰⁹.)