Inez taught piano and sang. She died at the age of 42, the same age as her great grandfather Judge Lewis Jones of St. Joseph, Illinois.
Obituary (probably from Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette):
MRS. INEZ DAVIS DIES IN EAST;
PLANNED RITES HERE
Became ill in Philadelphia on Aug. 4th While Enroute to Maine; Native of Champaign County
Mrs. Inez Davis, 42, of Baltimore, died Monday noon in a Lansdowne, Pa., hospital of a heart attack which she suffered Aug. 4th while enroute to Maine for a vacation. She was being accompanied by her husband, Charles "Babe" Davis, former employee of the News-Gazette, and one of her two sons.
Mrs. Davis' body was to arrive in Champaign at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and be taken to the Mittendorf Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be planned upon the arrival of Mr. Davis and son, Charles, who are driving from the East.
With Mrs. Davis at the time of her death were Mrs. John Ely, 706 West White Street, a sister of Mr. Davis, and her daughter, Mrs. Harriet Stephens, 1509 West Park Avenue. They, too, will arrive Wednesday by car.
Born Near Mayview
Inez Davis was born on a farm south of Mayview, March 17th, 1893, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer White, now residents of Lansing, Mich. She was married to Mr. Davis October 28th, 1911, in Urbana.
To them were born two sons, Robert and Charles, now 22 and 19 respectively.
Besides her husband, who is assistant managing editor of the Baltimore News, she leaves the two sons, her parents, two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Adams, Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Ruth Butts, Champaign, and two brothers, Carlos and Raymond, of Lansing, Mich.
Mrs. Davis' parents arrived in Champaign - Urbana Wednesday morning. The son, Robert, was accompanying his mother's body.
Obituary (probably from Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette):
MRS. INEZ DAVIS DIES IN EAST;
PLANNED RITES HERE
Became ill in Philadelphia on Aug. 4th While Enroute to Maine; Native of Champaign County
Mrs. Inez Davis, 42, of Baltimore, died Monday noon in a Lansdowne, Pa., hospital of a heart attack which she suffered Aug. 4th while enroute to Maine for a vacation. She was being accompanied by her husband, Charles "Babe" Davis, former employee of the News-Gazette, and one of her two sons.
Mrs. Davis' body was to arrive in Champaign at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and be taken to the Mittendorf Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be planned upon the arrival of Mr. Davis and son, Charles, who are driving from the East.
With Mrs. Davis at the time of her death were Mrs. John Ely, 706 West White Street, a sister of Mr. Davis, and her daughter, Mrs. Harriet Stephens, 1509 West Park Avenue. They, too, will arrive Wednesday by car.
Born Near Mayview
Inez Davis was born on a farm south of Mayview, March 17th, 1893, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer White, now residents of Lansing, Mich. She was married to Mr. Davis October 28th, 1911, in Urbana.
To them were born two sons, Robert and Charles, now 22 and 19 respectively.
Besides her husband, who is assistant managing editor of the Baltimore News, she leaves the two sons, her parents, two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Adams, Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Ruth Butts, Champaign, and two brothers, Carlos and Raymond, of Lansing, Mich.
Mrs. Davis' parents arrived in Champaign - Urbana Wednesday morning. The son, Robert, was accompanying his mother's body.
Inez taught piano and sang. She died at the age of 42, the same age as her great grandfather Judge Lewis Jones of St. Joseph, Illinois.
Obituary (probably from Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette):
MRS. INEZ DAVIS DIES IN EAST;
PLANNED RITES HERE
Became ill in Philadelphia on Aug. 4th While Enroute to Maine; Native of Champaign County
Mrs. Inez Davis, 42, of Baltimore, died Monday noon in a Lansdowne, Pa., hospital of a heart attack which she suffered Aug. 4th while enroute to Maine for a vacation. She was being accompanied by her husband, Charles "Babe" Davis, former employee of the News-Gazette, and one of her two sons.
Mrs. Davis' body was to arrive in Champaign at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and be taken to the Mittendorf Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be planned upon the arrival of Mr. Davis and son, Charles, who are driving from the East.
With Mrs. Davis at the time of her death were Mrs. John Ely, 706 West White Street, a sister of Mr. Davis, and her daughter, Mrs. Harriet Stephens, 1509 West Park Avenue. They, too, will arrive Wednesday by car.
Born Near Mayview
Inez Davis was born on a farm south of Mayview, March 17th, 1893, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer White, now residents of Lansing, Mich. She was married to Mr. Davis October 28th, 1911, in Urbana.
To them were born two sons, Robert and Charles, now 22 and 19 respectively.
Besides her husband, who is assistant managing editor of the Baltimore News, she leaves the two sons, her parents, two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Adams, Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Ruth Butts, Champaign, and two brothers, Carlos and Raymond, of Lansing, Mich.
Mrs. Davis' parents arrived in Champaign - Urbana Wednesday morning. The son, Robert, was accompanying his mother's body.
Obituary (probably from Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette):
MRS. INEZ DAVIS DIES IN EAST;
PLANNED RITES HERE
Became ill in Philadelphia on Aug. 4th While Enroute to Maine; Native of Champaign County
Mrs. Inez Davis, 42, of Baltimore, died Monday noon in a Lansdowne, Pa., hospital of a heart attack which she suffered Aug. 4th while enroute to Maine for a vacation. She was being accompanied by her husband, Charles "Babe" Davis, former employee of the News-Gazette, and one of her two sons.
Mrs. Davis' body was to arrive in Champaign at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and be taken to the Mittendorf Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be planned upon the arrival of Mr. Davis and son, Charles, who are driving from the East.
With Mrs. Davis at the time of her death were Mrs. John Ely, 706 West White Street, a sister of Mr. Davis, and her daughter, Mrs. Harriet Stephens, 1509 West Park Avenue. They, too, will arrive Wednesday by car.
Born Near Mayview
Inez Davis was born on a farm south of Mayview, March 17th, 1893, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer White, now residents of Lansing, Mich. She was married to Mr. Davis October 28th, 1911, in Urbana.
To them were born two sons, Robert and Charles, now 22 and 19 respectively.
Besides her husband, who is assistant managing editor of the Baltimore News, she leaves the two sons, her parents, two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Adams, Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Ruth Butts, Champaign, and two brothers, Carlos and Raymond, of Lansing, Mich.
Mrs. Davis' parents arrived in Champaign - Urbana Wednesday morning. The son, Robert, was accompanying his mother's body.
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