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John Willis Davis

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John Willis Davis

Birth
Dubach, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
14 Jun 1961 (aged 47)
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Dubach, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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John Willis Davis was the youngest son of Nina Hopkins and Anderson Davis. He was the "baby" of the family but the first to die.

He married Frances Maddox, and they had several children together. He and his wife lived in Chilton Co, AL before moving back to his home state of LA.

Taken from an old clipping from an unknown newspaper: MAN FATALLY HURT IN CRASH OF TRUCK AND CAR Negligent Homicide charge in death of John W. Davis. A Shreveport man was fatally injured yesterday afternoon when a tractor-trailer truck plowed into the side of car that ran a stop sign. John Willis Davis died at 2:40 pm, which was one and half-hour after the accident. He was a passenger in a car driven by Kenneth Victor Dunbar, 37 who was charged with negligent homicide and admitted to having "one beer".

Children of John Willis Davis: Bobby Roy Davis, Shirley Davis Brown, Linda Elizabeth Davis, Harold Davis, Johnny Davis, Jack Davis along with Mike and Debbie Davis. Francis Maddox Davis Adair, the mother of John Willis Davis' children also was a survivor. After their divorce and his death, the children were separated and placed in various homes of various family members in Annie Brown, WA, Dora Simpson, LA and Pauline Gohlke, TX.
John Willis Davis was the youngest son of Nina Hopkins and Anderson Davis. He was the "baby" of the family but the first to die.

He married Frances Maddox, and they had several children together. He and his wife lived in Chilton Co, AL before moving back to his home state of LA.

Taken from an old clipping from an unknown newspaper: MAN FATALLY HURT IN CRASH OF TRUCK AND CAR Negligent Homicide charge in death of John W. Davis. A Shreveport man was fatally injured yesterday afternoon when a tractor-trailer truck plowed into the side of car that ran a stop sign. John Willis Davis died at 2:40 pm, which was one and half-hour after the accident. He was a passenger in a car driven by Kenneth Victor Dunbar, 37 who was charged with negligent homicide and admitted to having "one beer".

Children of John Willis Davis: Bobby Roy Davis, Shirley Davis Brown, Linda Elizabeth Davis, Harold Davis, Johnny Davis, Jack Davis along with Mike and Debbie Davis. Francis Maddox Davis Adair, the mother of John Willis Davis' children also was a survivor. After their divorce and his death, the children were separated and placed in various homes of various family members in Annie Brown, WA, Dora Simpson, LA and Pauline Gohlke, TX.


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