Lorenne had a wood stove for cooking and a kerosene lamp to see at night. The water was drawn from a well with a bucket and rope. The toilet was an out house out back of where you lived. During the 1940s WW2 began. In 43 Elvin went to Corsicana, Texas and got a job in a defense plant. Things began to look better. Lorene went to work in a local laundry. Between the two of them they made about sixty dollars per week. That was more money than they had seen before in their lives. However, they had both ruined their health in previous years and both died before their times. Lorenne when she was 42 in 1953 and Elvin when he was 64 in 1962.
The Tyler Courier-Times
Tyler, Texas •
Sun, Feb 1, 1953, Page 2
RITES SET TODAY FOR MRS. DAVIS
Mrs. Ava Lorena Davis, 42, died at the home of her son, Charles Davis, Route 7, Tyler, at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, and funeral services will be held at 2 Sunday at the Lloyd James Funeral Chapel with Rev. Jack Adrian of Edom officiating.
She had been ill for about 15 months. She was born in Ben Wheeler and lived in Tyler for the past year. Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bobbitt, Ben Wheeler; her husband, W. E. Davis, Corsicana; one son, Charles; two daughters, Mrs. Joyce Mooneyhan and Mrs. Euretta Mooneyhan, both of Corsicana; and one brother, Willie Lee Bobbitt, Ben Wheeler; three sisters, Mrs. Magdelen Long of Tyler, Mrs. Kathleen Mahoney, San Pablo, and Mrs. Neta Wakefield, Houston; and a granddaughter, Randy Carol Holloway, of Houston.
The Tyler Courier-Times
Tyler, Texas •
Sun, Feb 1, 1953, Page 2
RITES SET TODAY FOR MRS. DAVIS
Mrs. Ava Lorena Davis, 42, died at the home of her son, Charles Davis, Route 7, Tyler, at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, and funeral services will be held at 2 Sunday at the Lloyd James Funeral Chapel with Rev. Jack Adrian of Edom officiating.
She had been ill for about 15 months. She was born in Ben Wheeler and lived in Tyler for the past year. Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bobbitt, Ben Wheeler; her husband, W. E. Davis, Corsicana; one son, Charles; two daughters, Mrs. Joyce Mooneyhan and Mrs. Euretta Mooneyhan, both of Corsicana; and one brother, Willie Lee Bobbitt, Ben Wheeler; three sisters, Mrs. Magdelen Long of Tyler, Mrs. Kathleen Mahoney, San Pablo, and Mrs. Neta Wakefield, Houston; and a granddaughter, Randy Carol Holloway, of Houston.
Lorenne had a wood stove for cooking and a kerosene lamp to see at night. The water was drawn from a well with a bucket and rope. The toilet was an out house out back of where you lived. During the 1940s WW2 began. In 43 Elvin went to Corsicana, Texas and got a job in a defense plant. Things began to look better. Lorene went to work in a local laundry. Between the two of them they made about sixty dollars per week. That was more money than they had seen before in their lives. However, they had both ruined their health in previous years and both died before their times. Lorenne when she was 42 in 1953 and Elvin when he was 64 in 1962.
The Tyler Courier-Times
Tyler, Texas •
Sun, Feb 1, 1953, Page 2
RITES SET TODAY FOR MRS. DAVIS
Mrs. Ava Lorena Davis, 42, died at the home of her son, Charles Davis, Route 7, Tyler, at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, and funeral services will be held at 2 Sunday at the Lloyd James Funeral Chapel with Rev. Jack Adrian of Edom officiating.
She had been ill for about 15 months. She was born in Ben Wheeler and lived in Tyler for the past year. Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bobbitt, Ben Wheeler; her husband, W. E. Davis, Corsicana; one son, Charles; two daughters, Mrs. Joyce Mooneyhan and Mrs. Euretta Mooneyhan, both of Corsicana; and one brother, Willie Lee Bobbitt, Ben Wheeler; three sisters, Mrs. Magdelen Long of Tyler, Mrs. Kathleen Mahoney, San Pablo, and Mrs. Neta Wakefield, Houston; and a granddaughter, Randy Carol Holloway, of Houston.
The Tyler Courier-Times
Tyler, Texas •
Sun, Feb 1, 1953, Page 2
RITES SET TODAY FOR MRS. DAVIS
Mrs. Ava Lorena Davis, 42, died at the home of her son, Charles Davis, Route 7, Tyler, at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, and funeral services will be held at 2 Sunday at the Lloyd James Funeral Chapel with Rev. Jack Adrian of Edom officiating.
She had been ill for about 15 months. She was born in Ben Wheeler and lived in Tyler for the past year. Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bobbitt, Ben Wheeler; her husband, W. E. Davis, Corsicana; one son, Charles; two daughters, Mrs. Joyce Mooneyhan and Mrs. Euretta Mooneyhan, both of Corsicana; and one brother, Willie Lee Bobbitt, Ben Wheeler; three sisters, Mrs. Magdelen Long of Tyler, Mrs. Kathleen Mahoney, San Pablo, and Mrs. Neta Wakefield, Houston; and a granddaughter, Randy Carol Holloway, of Houston.
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