CHERRYFIELD - The Soul that was loaned to Elwood C. Davis Feb. 2, 1928, was returned to the Lord Feb. 6, 2011. He was born in Cherryfield, the last of the 12 children of Arthur P. and Gladys (Willey) Davis.
While attending Cherryfield Academy, Elwood worked summers at the local blueberry factories and 60-plus years later returned to Jasper Wyman & Sons at their C & D Compound in Deblois. In the intervening years he served in the U.S. Navy, was a coastal warden with the Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries, was a security guard at Winter Harbor Naval Base and worked on construction of power lines with Seaward Construction, where he traveled from Maine to Florida.
Elwood was predeceased by his parents; three brothers, Luther "Brud," Harry "Tink" and William "Billy"; and eight sisters, Helen Harrington, Leola Morse, Marie Leighton, Pearl Ashe, Virginia Davis, Ruthie at one-year-old, Gladys Whitton and Shirley Davis.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Edith (Sullivan) Davis; son and best friend, Kirby Davis and wife, Rebecca, of Cherryfield; a sister-in-law, Adelaide Davis of Cherryfield; a brother-in-law, Anthony Whitton of Leominster, Mass.; many nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be held at Intervale Cemetery, Cherryfield. (Bangor Daily News 2/11/2011)
While attending Cherryfield Academy, Elwood worked summers at the local blueberry factories and 60-plus years later returned to Jasper Wyman & Sons at their C & D Compound in Deblois. In the intervening years he served in the U.S. Navy, was a coastal warden with the Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries, was a security guard at Winter Harbor Naval Base and worked on construction of power lines with Seaward Construction, where he traveled from Maine to Florida.
Elwood was predeceased by his parents; three brothers, Luther "Brud," Harry "Tink" and William "Billy"; and eight sisters, Helen Harrington, Leola Morse, Marie Leighton, Pearl Ashe, Virginia Davis, Ruthie at one-year-old, Gladys Whitton and Shirley Davis.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Edith (Sullivan) Davis; son and best friend, Kirby Davis and wife, Rebecca, of Cherryfield; a sister-in-law, Adelaide Davis of Cherryfield; a brother-in-law, Anthony Whitton of Leominster, Mass.; many nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be held at Intervale Cemetery, Cherryfield. (Bangor Daily News 2/11/2011)
CHERRYFIELD - The Soul that was loaned to Elwood C. Davis Feb. 2, 1928, was returned to the Lord Feb. 6, 2011. He was born in Cherryfield, the last of the 12 children of Arthur P. and Gladys (Willey) Davis.
While attending Cherryfield Academy, Elwood worked summers at the local blueberry factories and 60-plus years later returned to Jasper Wyman & Sons at their C & D Compound in Deblois. In the intervening years he served in the U.S. Navy, was a coastal warden with the Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries, was a security guard at Winter Harbor Naval Base and worked on construction of power lines with Seaward Construction, where he traveled from Maine to Florida.
Elwood was predeceased by his parents; three brothers, Luther "Brud," Harry "Tink" and William "Billy"; and eight sisters, Helen Harrington, Leola Morse, Marie Leighton, Pearl Ashe, Virginia Davis, Ruthie at one-year-old, Gladys Whitton and Shirley Davis.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Edith (Sullivan) Davis; son and best friend, Kirby Davis and wife, Rebecca, of Cherryfield; a sister-in-law, Adelaide Davis of Cherryfield; a brother-in-law, Anthony Whitton of Leominster, Mass.; many nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be held at Intervale Cemetery, Cherryfield. (Bangor Daily News 2/11/2011)
While attending Cherryfield Academy, Elwood worked summers at the local blueberry factories and 60-plus years later returned to Jasper Wyman & Sons at their C & D Compound in Deblois. In the intervening years he served in the U.S. Navy, was a coastal warden with the Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries, was a security guard at Winter Harbor Naval Base and worked on construction of power lines with Seaward Construction, where he traveled from Maine to Florida.
Elwood was predeceased by his parents; three brothers, Luther "Brud," Harry "Tink" and William "Billy"; and eight sisters, Helen Harrington, Leola Morse, Marie Leighton, Pearl Ashe, Virginia Davis, Ruthie at one-year-old, Gladys Whitton and Shirley Davis.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Edith (Sullivan) Davis; son and best friend, Kirby Davis and wife, Rebecca, of Cherryfield; a sister-in-law, Adelaide Davis of Cherryfield; a brother-in-law, Anthony Whitton of Leominster, Mass.; many nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be held at Intervale Cemetery, Cherryfield. (Bangor Daily News 2/11/2011)
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