Hugh Lttle Davis
Funeral
Notice
Submitted by:
Bernie Alsup
Son of James Jefferson and Martha E Sanders Davis, H. Davis Dies
in Veteran Hospital
H. Davis, who came to Portales about 1906, died Friday at 2:00
p. m. at the Veterans Hospital in Amarillo. He was 76 years old and was born
in Iredell, Texas Aug. 26, 1892. He is survived by his wife, Thelma Othella
Reeves Davis of Portales, a son, H. L. Jr., of Lovington, a daughter, Mrs.
Othella Faye Wright of St. Louis Mo., four grandchildren. Monica and Cassandra
Davis and Teresa and Ketra Wright. He is also survived by three brothers, Lee
of Cleburne, Texas, Joe of Carlsbad, Ernest of Roaring Springs, Texas; five
sisters, Kate Goodnight of San Jose, Calif., Bessie Saulcy of Hereford, Texas,
Maldie of Lubbock, Texas, Allie of Oklahoma and Gracie Lee Ballard of Arkansas.
Mr. Davis was a World War I veteran and a member of Immanuel
Baptist Church. The funeral will be at Immanuel Baptist Church today at 3:00 p.
m. with Rev. Roy Ackerman and Rev. Roy Corley officiating. Burial will be in
Portales Cemetery. Pallbearers will be John Sanders, Barney Snodgrass, E. A.
Fuller, Otto Lancaster, E. R. Bales, and A. J. Williams. Honorary pallbearers
will be Troy Clark, Curtis Moore, James Wright, Howard Jasper, J. D. Lee, R. G.
Parkinson and Melvin Simpson.
Last Update Monday, 07-May-2018 17:58:21 CDT
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