Her father was Dr. Samuel Galloway, professor of mathmatics.
MRS. MARY A. DAVIS
DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS
WIFE OF LATE MAJOR G. W. DAVIS AND
LIVED HERE MANY YEARS
Funeral Services Will Be Held
Saturday Afternoon From the Family Residence.
Mrs. Mary A. Davis, one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of this city, died yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at her home, Thirteenth Avenue and Poplar Street, after an illness extending over a period of six months.
She was the wife of the late Major G. W. Davis, who, during his lifetime was a prominent citizen. Mrs. Davis has been a resident of this city for many years. She was 74 years old at the time of her death. She was well known for her many charities, and her kindly disposition and was held in highest esteem by all who knew her. Mrs. Davis was a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Gustave Mueller, Mrs. Lillian A. Mohler and Miss Ivy Davis, of this city, and a brother, Judge J. S. Galloway, of Memphis.
The funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the family residence, conducted by Rev. A. A. Boyd, pastor of the S. C. Alexander Memorial Church. The body will be interred at Bellwood Cemetery.
The following will act as pallbearers: Honorary-Dr. J. W. Scales, Dr. A. G. Thompson, Dr. William Crutcher, J. W. Crawford, A. W. Nunn and R. H. M. Mills: Active-John Alexander, Robert Lovelady, Henry Reynolds, Dillard Saunders, Russell Hollis, Tracy Mills, D. W. Richey and F. L. Cronkrite.
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic
March 7, 1913
Page 5
MRS. MARY A. DAVIS
The funeral services for Mrs. Mary Davis, were conducted yesterday afternoon at the residence, Rev. A. A. Boyd of the S. C. Alexander Memorial Church officiating.
The funeral was attended by a large number of friends and acquaintances, all wishing to pay tribute to the noble old lady who died Thursday afternoon.
Many beautiful floral offerings were sent by the bereaved friends. The pall-bearers are as follows:
Honorary-Dr. J. W. Scales, Dr. A. G. Thompson, Dr. William Crutcher, J. W. Crawford, A. W. Nunn and R. H. M. Mills.
Acting-John Alexander, Robert Lovelady, Henry Reynolds, Dillard Saunders, Russell Hollis, and Tracy Mills.
Interment was in Bellwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Davis was one of Pine Bluff's oldest and most beloved residents, having lived in this city for a number of years, and she numbered her friends by her acquaintances. All those who knew her loved her and she was known for her many charities and noble deeds.
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic
March 9, 1913
Page 7
MRS. MARY A. DAVIS
(Contributed)
To be always contented but never satisfied; to make the most of what one has while continually striving for something higher and better; to acquire that culture of spirit which teaches hot to enjoy to the full the blessings that come and also gives strength to renounce without bitterness when the great ordeals of life take from the store. Such was the noble and fruitful conception of life which gave unity, strength, and beauty to the truly remarkable life of Mrs Mary A. Davis, whose mortal remains we sadly followed to the tomb on the afternoon of March 8th.
Mrs. Davis was born in Princeton, N. J. on the 12th of June, 1839. She was descended from an honored ancestry in the earned professions and always carefully guarded her good name. Her father was the Rev. Samuel Galloway, one of the professors of Princeton College. When only two years of age, her mother died and she was placed in care of her aged grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Scudder, who were related to the Scudder family of missionary fame. Some time later she was sent to her uncle in Georgia to be reared and educated and in the year 1859 graduated from Mt. Holyoke Seminary. For ten years afterwards the subject of this sketch was a teacher in the schools of Tennessee and Georgia and saved from her earnings during that time enough to pay back every dollar that had been expended on her education.
In 1871 she came to Arkansas to engage in the duties of her profession and afterwards was married to Major G. W. Davis. Her early married life was spent on Davis plantation, south of Pine Bluff. There her children were born and there did they receive from their mother their early education.
Having moved to Pine Bluff in 1887 Mrs. Davis engaged in floriculture there supplying a long felt want in the community. In this business she scored success from the start. She had an intuitive taste for the work, knowing how to make the plants produce the most perfect blossoms and how to protect them from what would mar their beauty. She was the pioneer florist in Pine Bluff; speedily gained a wide and good reputation for herself and being a lover of nature took great delight in her work. She planted every seed; every root with her own hands, watched their growth with loving eyes and in tending them in the dewy mornings had cleared away many a petty worry and gained strength and patience for the cares of her life.
From her garden she gathered blossoms for the sick and sorrowing and pale waxen blooms to be clasped in cold, still fingers. By far the largest number of florals furnished for funerals were the products of her skill. Her flowers were the language of love and sympathy for the community for as saith the poet, "Of old, a man who died had in his pride woman and steed and slave heaped at his grave. Given this sudden end their souls to send still serving withenward their Lord had fared grown wiser, we, today a happier way find for our love and grief and deaths flowers their fragrance strew where he must go, gladdens the narrow gate whereat we wait."
Mrs. Davis possessed a vigorous intellect and an exceptionally clear memory. In speech she was remarkably pure and though she did not visit much, yet she was always careful to entertain kindly feeling toward her neighbors and took a keen interest in whatever was for the good of the community.
Her fulness of years crowned a life ennobled by rare honesty, industry, purity and courage. She did not talk her religion, but lived it in a firm, unobstrusive manner and was one of the charter members of the Alexander Memorial Presbyterian Church. Her children rise up and call her blessed and a large circle of friends sorrow with them for her who has gone before.
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic
March 23, 1913
Page 4
MRS. MARY A. DAVIS
DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS
WIFE OF LATE MAJOR G. W. DAVIS AND
LIVED HERE MANY YEARS
Funeral Services Will Be Held
Saturday Afternoon From the Family Residence.
Mrs. Mary A. Davis, one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of this city, died yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at her home, Thirteenth Avenue and Poplar Street, after an illness extending over a period of six months.
She was the wife of the late Major G. W. Davis, who, during his lifetime was a prominent citizen. Mrs. Davis has been a resident of this city for many years. She was 74 years old at the time of her death. She was well known for her many charities, and her kindly disposition and was held in highest esteem by all who knew her. Mrs. Davis was a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Gustave Mueller, Mrs. Lillian A. Mohler and Miss Ivy Davis, of this city, and a brother, Judge J. S. Galloway, of Memphis.
The funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the family residence, conducted by Rev. A. A. Boyd, pastor of the S. C. Alexander Memorial Church. The body will be interred at Bellwood Cemetery.
The following will act as pallbearers: Honorary-Dr. J. W. Scales, Dr. A. G. Thompson, Dr. William Crutcher, J. W. Crawford, A. W. Nunn and R. H. M. Mills: Active-John Alexander, Robert Lovelady, Henry Reynolds, Dillard Saunders, Russell Hollis, Tracy Mills, D. W. Richey and F. L. Cronkrite.
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic
March 7, 1913
Page 5
MRS. MARY A. DAVIS
The funeral services for Mrs. Mary Davis, were conducted yesterday afternoon at the residence, Rev. A. A. Boyd of the S. C. Alexander Memorial Church officiating.
The funeral was attended by a large number of friends and acquaintances, all wishing to pay tribute to the noble old lady who died Thursday afternoon.
Many beautiful floral offerings were sent by the bereaved friends. The pall-bearers are as follows:
Honorary-Dr. J. W. Scales, Dr. A. G. Thompson, Dr. William Crutcher, J. W. Crawford, A. W. Nunn and R. H. M. Mills.
Acting-John Alexander, Robert Lovelady, Henry Reynolds, Dillard Saunders, Russell Hollis, and Tracy Mills.
Interment was in Bellwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Davis was one of Pine Bluff's oldest and most beloved residents, having lived in this city for a number of years, and she numbered her friends by her acquaintances. All those who knew her loved her and she was known for her many charities and noble deeds.
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic
March 9, 1913
Page 7
MRS. MARY A. DAVIS
(Contributed)
To be always contented but never satisfied; to make the most of what one has while continually striving for something higher and better; to acquire that culture of spirit which teaches hot to enjoy to the full the blessings that come and also gives strength to renounce without bitterness when the great ordeals of life take from the store. Such was the noble and fruitful conception of life which gave unity, strength, and beauty to the truly remarkable life of Mrs Mary A. Davis, whose mortal remains we sadly followed to the tomb on the afternoon of March 8th.
Mrs. Davis was born in Princeton, N. J. on the 12th of June, 1839. She was descended from an honored ancestry in the earned professions and always carefully guarded her good name. Her father was the Rev. Samuel Galloway, one of the professors of Princeton College. When only two years of age, her mother died and she was placed in care of her aged grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Scudder, who were related to the Scudder family of missionary fame. Some time later she was sent to her uncle in Georgia to be reared and educated and in the year 1859 graduated from Mt. Holyoke Seminary. For ten years afterwards the subject of this sketch was a teacher in the schools of Tennessee and Georgia and saved from her earnings during that time enough to pay back every dollar that had been expended on her education.
In 1871 she came to Arkansas to engage in the duties of her profession and afterwards was married to Major G. W. Davis. Her early married life was spent on Davis plantation, south of Pine Bluff. There her children were born and there did they receive from their mother their early education.
Having moved to Pine Bluff in 1887 Mrs. Davis engaged in floriculture there supplying a long felt want in the community. In this business she scored success from the start. She had an intuitive taste for the work, knowing how to make the plants produce the most perfect blossoms and how to protect them from what would mar their beauty. She was the pioneer florist in Pine Bluff; speedily gained a wide and good reputation for herself and being a lover of nature took great delight in her work. She planted every seed; every root with her own hands, watched their growth with loving eyes and in tending them in the dewy mornings had cleared away many a petty worry and gained strength and patience for the cares of her life.
From her garden she gathered blossoms for the sick and sorrowing and pale waxen blooms to be clasped in cold, still fingers. By far the largest number of florals furnished for funerals were the products of her skill. Her flowers were the language of love and sympathy for the community for as saith the poet, "Of old, a man who died had in his pride woman and steed and slave heaped at his grave. Given this sudden end their souls to send still serving withenward their Lord had fared grown wiser, we, today a happier way find for our love and grief and deaths flowers their fragrance strew where he must go, gladdens the narrow gate whereat we wait."
Mrs. Davis possessed a vigorous intellect and an exceptionally clear memory. In speech she was remarkably pure and though she did not visit much, yet she was always careful to entertain kindly feeling toward her neighbors and took a keen interest in whatever was for the good of the community.
Her fulness of years crowned a life ennobled by rare honesty, industry, purity and courage. She did not talk her religion, but lived it in a firm, unobstrusive manner and was one of the charter members of the Alexander Memorial Presbyterian Church. Her children rise up and call her blessed and a large circle of friends sorrow with them for her who has gone before.
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic
March 23, 1913
Page 4
Her father was Dr. Samuel Galloway, professor of mathmatics.
MRS. MARY A. DAVIS
DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS
WIFE OF LATE MAJOR G. W. DAVIS AND
LIVED HERE MANY YEARS
Funeral Services Will Be Held
Saturday Afternoon From the Family Residence.
Mrs. Mary A. Davis, one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of this city, died yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at her home, Thirteenth Avenue and Poplar Street, after an illness extending over a period of six months.
She was the wife of the late Major G. W. Davis, who, during his lifetime was a prominent citizen. Mrs. Davis has been a resident of this city for many years. She was 74 years old at the time of her death. She was well known for her many charities, and her kindly disposition and was held in highest esteem by all who knew her. Mrs. Davis was a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Gustave Mueller, Mrs. Lillian A. Mohler and Miss Ivy Davis, of this city, and a brother, Judge J. S. Galloway, of Memphis.
The funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the family residence, conducted by Rev. A. A. Boyd, pastor of the S. C. Alexander Memorial Church. The body will be interred at Bellwood Cemetery.
The following will act as pallbearers: Honorary-Dr. J. W. Scales, Dr. A. G. Thompson, Dr. William Crutcher, J. W. Crawford, A. W. Nunn and R. H. M. Mills: Active-John Alexander, Robert Lovelady, Henry Reynolds, Dillard Saunders, Russell Hollis, Tracy Mills, D. W. Richey and F. L. Cronkrite.
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic
March 7, 1913
Page 5
MRS. MARY A. DAVIS
The funeral services for Mrs. Mary Davis, were conducted yesterday afternoon at the residence, Rev. A. A. Boyd of the S. C. Alexander Memorial Church officiating.
The funeral was attended by a large number of friends and acquaintances, all wishing to pay tribute to the noble old lady who died Thursday afternoon.
Many beautiful floral offerings were sent by the bereaved friends. The pall-bearers are as follows:
Honorary-Dr. J. W. Scales, Dr. A. G. Thompson, Dr. William Crutcher, J. W. Crawford, A. W. Nunn and R. H. M. Mills.
Acting-John Alexander, Robert Lovelady, Henry Reynolds, Dillard Saunders, Russell Hollis, and Tracy Mills.
Interment was in Bellwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Davis was one of Pine Bluff's oldest and most beloved residents, having lived in this city for a number of years, and she numbered her friends by her acquaintances. All those who knew her loved her and she was known for her many charities and noble deeds.
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic
March 9, 1913
Page 7
MRS. MARY A. DAVIS
(Contributed)
To be always contented but never satisfied; to make the most of what one has while continually striving for something higher and better; to acquire that culture of spirit which teaches hot to enjoy to the full the blessings that come and also gives strength to renounce without bitterness when the great ordeals of life take from the store. Such was the noble and fruitful conception of life which gave unity, strength, and beauty to the truly remarkable life of Mrs Mary A. Davis, whose mortal remains we sadly followed to the tomb on the afternoon of March 8th.
Mrs. Davis was born in Princeton, N. J. on the 12th of June, 1839. She was descended from an honored ancestry in the earned professions and always carefully guarded her good name. Her father was the Rev. Samuel Galloway, one of the professors of Princeton College. When only two years of age, her mother died and she was placed in care of her aged grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Scudder, who were related to the Scudder family of missionary fame. Some time later she was sent to her uncle in Georgia to be reared and educated and in the year 1859 graduated from Mt. Holyoke Seminary. For ten years afterwards the subject of this sketch was a teacher in the schools of Tennessee and Georgia and saved from her earnings during that time enough to pay back every dollar that had been expended on her education.
In 1871 she came to Arkansas to engage in the duties of her profession and afterwards was married to Major G. W. Davis. Her early married life was spent on Davis plantation, south of Pine Bluff. There her children were born and there did they receive from their mother their early education.
Having moved to Pine Bluff in 1887 Mrs. Davis engaged in floriculture there supplying a long felt want in the community. In this business she scored success from the start. She had an intuitive taste for the work, knowing how to make the plants produce the most perfect blossoms and how to protect them from what would mar their beauty. She was the pioneer florist in Pine Bluff; speedily gained a wide and good reputation for herself and being a lover of nature took great delight in her work. She planted every seed; every root with her own hands, watched their growth with loving eyes and in tending them in the dewy mornings had cleared away many a petty worry and gained strength and patience for the cares of her life.
From her garden she gathered blossoms for the sick and sorrowing and pale waxen blooms to be clasped in cold, still fingers. By far the largest number of florals furnished for funerals were the products of her skill. Her flowers were the language of love and sympathy for the community for as saith the poet, "Of old, a man who died had in his pride woman and steed and slave heaped at his grave. Given this sudden end their souls to send still serving withenward their Lord had fared grown wiser, we, today a happier way find for our love and grief and deaths flowers their fragrance strew where he must go, gladdens the narrow gate whereat we wait."
Mrs. Davis possessed a vigorous intellect and an exceptionally clear memory. In speech she was remarkably pure and though she did not visit much, yet she was always careful to entertain kindly feeling toward her neighbors and took a keen interest in whatever was for the good of the community.
Her fulness of years crowned a life ennobled by rare honesty, industry, purity and courage. She did not talk her religion, but lived it in a firm, unobstrusive manner and was one of the charter members of the Alexander Memorial Presbyterian Church. Her children rise up and call her blessed and a large circle of friends sorrow with them for her who has gone before.
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic
March 23, 1913
Page 4
MRS. MARY A. DAVIS
DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS
WIFE OF LATE MAJOR G. W. DAVIS AND
LIVED HERE MANY YEARS
Funeral Services Will Be Held
Saturday Afternoon From the Family Residence.
Mrs. Mary A. Davis, one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of this city, died yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at her home, Thirteenth Avenue and Poplar Street, after an illness extending over a period of six months.
She was the wife of the late Major G. W. Davis, who, during his lifetime was a prominent citizen. Mrs. Davis has been a resident of this city for many years. She was 74 years old at the time of her death. She was well known for her many charities, and her kindly disposition and was held in highest esteem by all who knew her. Mrs. Davis was a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Gustave Mueller, Mrs. Lillian A. Mohler and Miss Ivy Davis, of this city, and a brother, Judge J. S. Galloway, of Memphis.
The funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the family residence, conducted by Rev. A. A. Boyd, pastor of the S. C. Alexander Memorial Church. The body will be interred at Bellwood Cemetery.
The following will act as pallbearers: Honorary-Dr. J. W. Scales, Dr. A. G. Thompson, Dr. William Crutcher, J. W. Crawford, A. W. Nunn and R. H. M. Mills: Active-John Alexander, Robert Lovelady, Henry Reynolds, Dillard Saunders, Russell Hollis, Tracy Mills, D. W. Richey and F. L. Cronkrite.
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic
March 7, 1913
Page 5
MRS. MARY A. DAVIS
The funeral services for Mrs. Mary Davis, were conducted yesterday afternoon at the residence, Rev. A. A. Boyd of the S. C. Alexander Memorial Church officiating.
The funeral was attended by a large number of friends and acquaintances, all wishing to pay tribute to the noble old lady who died Thursday afternoon.
Many beautiful floral offerings were sent by the bereaved friends. The pall-bearers are as follows:
Honorary-Dr. J. W. Scales, Dr. A. G. Thompson, Dr. William Crutcher, J. W. Crawford, A. W. Nunn and R. H. M. Mills.
Acting-John Alexander, Robert Lovelady, Henry Reynolds, Dillard Saunders, Russell Hollis, and Tracy Mills.
Interment was in Bellwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Davis was one of Pine Bluff's oldest and most beloved residents, having lived in this city for a number of years, and she numbered her friends by her acquaintances. All those who knew her loved her and she was known for her many charities and noble deeds.
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic
March 9, 1913
Page 7
MRS. MARY A. DAVIS
(Contributed)
To be always contented but never satisfied; to make the most of what one has while continually striving for something higher and better; to acquire that culture of spirit which teaches hot to enjoy to the full the blessings that come and also gives strength to renounce without bitterness when the great ordeals of life take from the store. Such was the noble and fruitful conception of life which gave unity, strength, and beauty to the truly remarkable life of Mrs Mary A. Davis, whose mortal remains we sadly followed to the tomb on the afternoon of March 8th.
Mrs. Davis was born in Princeton, N. J. on the 12th of June, 1839. She was descended from an honored ancestry in the earned professions and always carefully guarded her good name. Her father was the Rev. Samuel Galloway, one of the professors of Princeton College. When only two years of age, her mother died and she was placed in care of her aged grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Scudder, who were related to the Scudder family of missionary fame. Some time later she was sent to her uncle in Georgia to be reared and educated and in the year 1859 graduated from Mt. Holyoke Seminary. For ten years afterwards the subject of this sketch was a teacher in the schools of Tennessee and Georgia and saved from her earnings during that time enough to pay back every dollar that had been expended on her education.
In 1871 she came to Arkansas to engage in the duties of her profession and afterwards was married to Major G. W. Davis. Her early married life was spent on Davis plantation, south of Pine Bluff. There her children were born and there did they receive from their mother their early education.
Having moved to Pine Bluff in 1887 Mrs. Davis engaged in floriculture there supplying a long felt want in the community. In this business she scored success from the start. She had an intuitive taste for the work, knowing how to make the plants produce the most perfect blossoms and how to protect them from what would mar their beauty. She was the pioneer florist in Pine Bluff; speedily gained a wide and good reputation for herself and being a lover of nature took great delight in her work. She planted every seed; every root with her own hands, watched their growth with loving eyes and in tending them in the dewy mornings had cleared away many a petty worry and gained strength and patience for the cares of her life.
From her garden she gathered blossoms for the sick and sorrowing and pale waxen blooms to be clasped in cold, still fingers. By far the largest number of florals furnished for funerals were the products of her skill. Her flowers were the language of love and sympathy for the community for as saith the poet, "Of old, a man who died had in his pride woman and steed and slave heaped at his grave. Given this sudden end their souls to send still serving withenward their Lord had fared grown wiser, we, today a happier way find for our love and grief and deaths flowers their fragrance strew where he must go, gladdens the narrow gate whereat we wait."
Mrs. Davis possessed a vigorous intellect and an exceptionally clear memory. In speech she was remarkably pure and though she did not visit much, yet she was always careful to entertain kindly feeling toward her neighbors and took a keen interest in whatever was for the good of the community.
Her fulness of years crowned a life ennobled by rare honesty, industry, purity and courage. She did not talk her religion, but lived it in a firm, unobstrusive manner and was one of the charter members of the Alexander Memorial Presbyterian Church. Her children rise up and call her blessed and a large circle of friends sorrow with them for her who has gone before.
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic
March 23, 1913
Page 4
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