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Alma <I>Stephenson</I> Davenport

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Alma Stephenson Davenport

Birth
Death
3 Dec 1966 (aged 85)
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
South Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Obituary:
OIL, GAS PIONEER'S WIDOW DIES AT 85
Published: The Charleston Daily Mail, Saturday, December 3, 1966

Mrs. Alma Stephenson Davenport, 85, widow of Henry B. Davenport, a pioneer oil and gas operator in West Virginia and Texas, died today after an extended illness.

She had made her home at 1546 Kanawha Boulevard E since 1923, but had been a resident of Charleston for half a century.

She was a member of the Methodist Church, the DAR and the Colonial Dames.

Surviving are a son, Braxton Davenport of Charleston; a sister, Mrs. J. M. Lorentz of Charleston; and several nieces.

The funeral will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home with the Rev. Truman Potter officiating and burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park.

The family requests that flowers be omitted.
Obituary:
OIL, GAS PIONEER'S WIDOW DIES AT 85
Published: The Charleston Daily Mail, Saturday, December 3, 1966

Mrs. Alma Stephenson Davenport, 85, widow of Henry B. Davenport, a pioneer oil and gas operator in West Virginia and Texas, died today after an extended illness.

She had made her home at 1546 Kanawha Boulevard E since 1923, but had been a resident of Charleston for half a century.

She was a member of the Methodist Church, the DAR and the Colonial Dames.

Surviving are a son, Braxton Davenport of Charleston; a sister, Mrs. J. M. Lorentz of Charleston; and several nieces.

The funeral will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home with the Rev. Truman Potter officiating and burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park.

The family requests that flowers be omitted.


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