Crossville Chronicle, Cumberland Cty, TN July 3, 1952
A vacation visit Mrs Elizabeth J Davis and her son, William J Williams, had greatly anticipated ended in tragedy Tuesday afternoon, June 17 when they were both killed instantly when their car crashed into a tree of the highway in Bridgeport, California.
Williams had come south to attend the graduation of his niece, Betty Jenkins, from Glendale High School. He and his mother left Glendale Tuesday morning for his home in Washington, where she planned a summer visit.
Doctors who came from a nearby Marine Corps base said that Williams and his mother had died instantly.
The car, a 1952 model, was completely demolished.
Mrs Davis, the wife of Sam A Davis, former Glendale city councilman, was born in Tennessee. She was an alumnus of the University of Tennessee. She and her first husband, the late William Williams, resided in Colorado.
After his death, she came to California in 1919 and was advertising manager for the Hamburger department store and the May Company in Los Angeles.
When she and Davis were married, she became a resident of Glendale.
At the time of her death, she was Secretary of the California Federation of Women's Clubs, and vice-president of California United Daughter of the Confederacy.
In Glendale she was a member and past president of the Democratic Women's Club, a member of the U D C, the Navy Mothers Club and the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She is survived by her husband and by a daughter, Mrs Alice Jenkins and 2 grandchildren of Glendale.
Funeral services and burial for mother and son were held Tuesday, June 24 at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, California.
Mrs Davis' mother was the late Mattie Snodgrass Baker and her father the late William H Baker.
A vacation visit Mrs Elizabeth J Davis and her son, William J Williams, had greatly anticipated ended in tragedy Tuesday afternoon, June 17 when they were both killed instantly when their car crashed into a tree of the highway in Bridgeport, California.
Williams had come south to attend the graduation of his niece, Betty Jenkins, from Glendale High School. He and his mother left Glendale Tuesday morning for his home in Washington, where she planned a summer visit.
Doctors who came from a nearby Marine Corps base said that Williams and his mother had died instantly.
The car, a 1952 model, was completely demolished.
Mrs Davis, the wife of Sam A Davis, former Glendale city councilman, was born in Tennessee. She was an alumnus of the University of Tennessee. She and her first husband, the late William Williams, resided in Colorado.
After his death, she came to California in 1919 and was advertising manager for the Hamburger department store and the May Company in Los Angeles.
When she and Davis were married, she became a resident of Glendale.
At the time of her death, she was Secretary of the California Federation of Women's Clubs, and vice-president of California United Daughter of the Confederacy.
In Glendale she was a member and past president of the Democratic Women's Club, a member of the U D C, the Navy Mothers Club and the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She is survived by her husband and by a daughter, Mrs Alice Jenkins and 2 grandchildren of Glendale.
Funeral services and burial for mother and son were held Tuesday, June 24 at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, California.
Mrs Davis' mother was the late Mattie Snodgrass Baker and her father the late William H Baker.
Crossville Chronicle, Cumberland Cty, TN July 3, 1952
A vacation visit Mrs Elizabeth J Davis and her son, William J Williams, had greatly anticipated ended in tragedy Tuesday afternoon, June 17 when they were both killed instantly when their car crashed into a tree of the highway in Bridgeport, California.
Williams had come south to attend the graduation of his niece, Betty Jenkins, from Glendale High School. He and his mother left Glendale Tuesday morning for his home in Washington, where she planned a summer visit.
Doctors who came from a nearby Marine Corps base said that Williams and his mother had died instantly.
The car, a 1952 model, was completely demolished.
Mrs Davis, the wife of Sam A Davis, former Glendale city councilman, was born in Tennessee. She was an alumnus of the University of Tennessee. She and her first husband, the late William Williams, resided in Colorado.
After his death, she came to California in 1919 and was advertising manager for the Hamburger department store and the May Company in Los Angeles.
When she and Davis were married, she became a resident of Glendale.
At the time of her death, she was Secretary of the California Federation of Women's Clubs, and vice-president of California United Daughter of the Confederacy.
In Glendale she was a member and past president of the Democratic Women's Club, a member of the U D C, the Navy Mothers Club and the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She is survived by her husband and by a daughter, Mrs Alice Jenkins and 2 grandchildren of Glendale.
Funeral services and burial for mother and son were held Tuesday, June 24 at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, California.
Mrs Davis' mother was the late Mattie Snodgrass Baker and her father the late William H Baker.
A vacation visit Mrs Elizabeth J Davis and her son, William J Williams, had greatly anticipated ended in tragedy Tuesday afternoon, June 17 when they were both killed instantly when their car crashed into a tree of the highway in Bridgeport, California.
Williams had come south to attend the graduation of his niece, Betty Jenkins, from Glendale High School. He and his mother left Glendale Tuesday morning for his home in Washington, where she planned a summer visit.
Doctors who came from a nearby Marine Corps base said that Williams and his mother had died instantly.
The car, a 1952 model, was completely demolished.
Mrs Davis, the wife of Sam A Davis, former Glendale city councilman, was born in Tennessee. She was an alumnus of the University of Tennessee. She and her first husband, the late William Williams, resided in Colorado.
After his death, she came to California in 1919 and was advertising manager for the Hamburger department store and the May Company in Los Angeles.
When she and Davis were married, she became a resident of Glendale.
At the time of her death, she was Secretary of the California Federation of Women's Clubs, and vice-president of California United Daughter of the Confederacy.
In Glendale she was a member and past president of the Democratic Women's Club, a member of the U D C, the Navy Mothers Club and the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She is survived by her husband and by a daughter, Mrs Alice Jenkins and 2 grandchildren of Glendale.
Funeral services and burial for mother and son were held Tuesday, June 24 at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, California.
Mrs Davis' mother was the late Mattie Snodgrass Baker and her father the late William H Baker.
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