"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 119, No 2, p 47, July 22, 1935.
Iva Van Horn Davis, daughter of William B. and Elsie Kennedy Van Horn, born February 11, 1870, at Lost Creek, W. Va., died June 27, 1935, at the home of her son in Plainfield, N. J.
In 1891 she was married to M. Wardner Davis and came to live in Salem. For forty-four years she and Deacon Davis have been prominent in the religious, social, civic, educational, and business life of the community. She was especially interested in music and loved to sing and play and lead and teach. With her the church came first, after that the school, but she was also interested in the Ladies’ Aid, the Sabbath school, the W.C.T.U., and other organizations of like interest. She became a Christian when a girl at Lost Creek. She exalted her position as wife of a deacon, and gladly assisted in that connection.
She leaves her husband. who is treasurer of Salem College; a son, Courtland V., and a daughter, Mrs. Alberta Batson, both of Plainfield, N. J. To many readers of the RECORDER Mrs. Davis would be known as the SIster of Dean M. H. Van Horn and Mrs. A. J. C. Bond. At the time of her death she was on a visit to Plainfield where her daughter was a patient in a hospital.
Funeral at Salem conducted by her pastor assisted by President S. O. Bond and by Rev. A. J. C. Bond. Burial at Lost Creek.
G. B. S.
Iva Van Horn Davis, daughter of William B. and Elsie Kennedy Van Horn, born February 11, 1870, at Lost Creek, W. Va., died June 27, 1935, at the home of her son in Plainfield, N. J.
In 1891 she was married to M. Wardner Davis and came to live in Salem. For forty-four years she and Deacon Davis have been prominent in the religious, social, civic, educational, and business life of the community. She was especially interested in music and loved to sing and play and lead and teach. With her the church came first, after that the school, but she was also interested in the Ladies’ Aid, the Sabbath school, the W.C.T.U., and other organizations of like interest. She became a Christian when a girl at Lost Creek. She exalted her position as wife of a deacon, and gladly assisted in that connection.
She leaves her husband. who is treasurer of Salem College; a son, Courtland V., and a daughter, Mrs. Alberta Batson, both of Plainfield, N. J. To many readers of the RECORDER Mrs. Davis would be known as the SIster of Dean M. H. Van Horn and Mrs. A. J. C. Bond. At the time of her death she was on a visit to Plainfield where her daughter was a patient in a hospital.
Funeral at Salem conducted by her pastor assisted by President S. O. Bond and by Rev. A. J. C. Bond. Burial at Lost Creek.
G. B. S.
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 119, No 2, p 47, July 22, 1935.
Iva Van Horn Davis, daughter of William B. and Elsie Kennedy Van Horn, born February 11, 1870, at Lost Creek, W. Va., died June 27, 1935, at the home of her son in Plainfield, N. J.
In 1891 she was married to M. Wardner Davis and came to live in Salem. For forty-four years she and Deacon Davis have been prominent in the religious, social, civic, educational, and business life of the community. She was especially interested in music and loved to sing and play and lead and teach. With her the church came first, after that the school, but she was also interested in the Ladies’ Aid, the Sabbath school, the W.C.T.U., and other organizations of like interest. She became a Christian when a girl at Lost Creek. She exalted her position as wife of a deacon, and gladly assisted in that connection.
She leaves her husband. who is treasurer of Salem College; a son, Courtland V., and a daughter, Mrs. Alberta Batson, both of Plainfield, N. J. To many readers of the RECORDER Mrs. Davis would be known as the SIster of Dean M. H. Van Horn and Mrs. A. J. C. Bond. At the time of her death she was on a visit to Plainfield where her daughter was a patient in a hospital.
Funeral at Salem conducted by her pastor assisted by President S. O. Bond and by Rev. A. J. C. Bond. Burial at Lost Creek.
G. B. S.
Iva Van Horn Davis, daughter of William B. and Elsie Kennedy Van Horn, born February 11, 1870, at Lost Creek, W. Va., died June 27, 1935, at the home of her son in Plainfield, N. J.
In 1891 she was married to M. Wardner Davis and came to live in Salem. For forty-four years she and Deacon Davis have been prominent in the religious, social, civic, educational, and business life of the community. She was especially interested in music and loved to sing and play and lead and teach. With her the church came first, after that the school, but she was also interested in the Ladies’ Aid, the Sabbath school, the W.C.T.U., and other organizations of like interest. She became a Christian when a girl at Lost Creek. She exalted her position as wife of a deacon, and gladly assisted in that connection.
She leaves her husband. who is treasurer of Salem College; a son, Courtland V., and a daughter, Mrs. Alberta Batson, both of Plainfield, N. J. To many readers of the RECORDER Mrs. Davis would be known as the SIster of Dean M. H. Van Horn and Mrs. A. J. C. Bond. At the time of her death she was on a visit to Plainfield where her daughter was a patient in a hospital.
Funeral at Salem conducted by her pastor assisted by President S. O. Bond and by Rev. A. J. C. Bond. Burial at Lost Creek.
G. B. S.
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