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Submitted: 1/15/21 • Approved: 1/15/21 • Last Updated: 1/18/21 • R378900-G378898-S3
Glover D.
July 12, 1902-December 16, 1981
Catherine E.
July 5, 1908-June 3, 1988
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Obituary for Glover
Glover D. "Red" Davis, 79, of 1700 S. Main, died at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in St. Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo.
Services are pending with Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors.
A native of Dover Ark., he has been a Borger resident for 51 years.
Mr. Davis had been retired from Phillips for 15 years. He formed the DACO Lease and was senior vice president. He was also a rancher.
He was a member of the Lamar Baptist Church, and various youth organizations. He married Catherine Gatton on Aug. 1, 1924.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Devoe of Borger, and Travis of Spearman; one daughter, Mrs. Eloyce Harper of Amarillo; one brother Stanley of Borger; six sisters, Mrs. Vona Bouman, Mrs. Gertrude Henderson, both of Torrance, Calif., Mrs. Inez Nagel of Hemet, Calif., Mrs. Faye Cole of El Cajon, Calif., Mrs. Mae Leach of Lamar, Okla., Mrs. Elise Overlin of Mt. Home Ark.; 12 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, Kenneth Dale Davis.
Memorials may be made to the Heart Association.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Thursday, December 17, 1981)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Glover D. Davis
Birth Date: 12 Jul 1902
Birth Place: Arkansas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Spouse: Catherine Gatton
Father: John N. Davis
Mother: Clara Rutledge
Age at Death: 79
Death Date: 16 Dec 1981
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Obituary for Catherine
Catherine Elizabeth Davis, 79, 1704 S. Main, Borger, died at 6:30 a.m. Friday, June 3, 1988 at St. Anthony's Hospice in Amarillo.
Funeral services are pending with Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
A housewife, she was a native of Verona, Mo. and a Borger resident since 1928.
She was a member of First Baptist Church. She was preceeded in death by her husband Glover D. "Red" Davis in 1981 and a son, Kenneth Dale Davie in 1969.
Survivors include two sons, Devoe Davis of Borger, Travis Davis of Spearman; one daughter, Mrs. Robert L. "Bobbeye" Harper of Amarillo, 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Friday, June 3, 1988)
Contributed on 1/15/21 by neldapat
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