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Submitted: 5/24/22 • Approved: 5/26/22 • Last Updated: 5/29/22 • R515308-G515307-S3
W. L. Davis, Jr.
March 22, 1925-June 23, 2005
Ada Lou Pearce Davis
January 21, 1927-July 23, 2005
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary W. L. Jr.
HEREFORD - William L. "Bill" Davis Jr., 80, died Thursday, June 23, 2005.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in West Park Cemetery. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. today in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Joe Shultz officiating. Arrangements are by Parkside Chapel Funeral Home.
Mr. Davis was born March 22, 1925, in Howe, the son of Gwen and William Davis Sr. He moved to Hereford in 1930 and graduated from Hereford High School in 1942. Bill graduated from Texas A&M College in 1946 with a degree in agricultural economics. On April 6, 1946, Bill married Ada Lou Pearce in Bryan and returned to Hereford to work with his father at Davis Implement Co. Bill retired from Davis Implement Co. after 40 years of service.
Mr. Davis was a member of First United Methodist Church in Hereford, where he served on the official board and was the treasurer of the board of trustees. Bill was a past president of the Hereford Camp Fire Board, the treasurer of the Hereford Christmas Stocking Fund, a member of the Texas A&M Century Club, a Hereford city commissioner, a member of the Hereford Rotary Club, a member of the Hereford Masonic Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 849, a member of the Scottish Rite, a member of the Hereford Oasis Shrine Club and a member of the Khiva Shriners. Mr. Davis also served on the Kings Manor Methodist Retirement Home Founders board of directors and on the board of directors of the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame. Bill served on the board of directors of the Hereford Country Club, was an avid golfer and helped start the Hereford Golf Course. Bill was also an umpire for the Hereford Little League for many years.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Edith Davis Goodman and husband, Steve, of Kansas City, Mo., and Julia Laing and husband, Randy, of Hereford; a grandson, Seth Davis Laing of Lubbock; a stepgrandson, Brian Laing of College Station; a stepgranddaughter, Jill Rains of Hereford; and a stepgreat-granddaughter, Hallie Rains of Hereford.
The family suggests memorials be to First United Methodist Church, 501 N. Main St., Hereford, TX 79045 or Kings Manor Methodist Retirement Home, 400 Ranger, Hereford, TX 79045.
Amarillo Globe-News, June 25, 2005
*Obituary Ada Lou
HEREFORD - Ada Lou Davis, 78, died Saturday, July 23, 2005.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Joe Shultz officiating. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery by Parkside Chapel Funeral Home.
Mrs. Davis, longtime Hereford resident, passed away Saturday, July 23 at Westgate Nursing Center of the Kings Manor Methodist Retirement Home in Hereford.
Mrs. Davis was born Jan. 21, 1927, in Shelby County, the daughter of Stephen and Cecil [sic] Pearce. She attended Texas Women's University at Denton in 1944 to 1945 and married William L. "Bill" Davis on April 6, 1946, in Bryan. Mr. and Mrs. Davis moved to Hereford after their wedding, where she worked as the bookkeeper for Davis Implement Co. for many years.
Mrs. Davis was a member of First United Methodist Church, worked in the church office for several years, served on many church committees and in the early 1970s, worked extensively with the Methodist Youth Department. Mrs. Davis was a Camp Fire Leader in the 1960s, a past president and member of the Bay View Study Club and co-owner of "The Vogue" in Hereford for many years. She was a chairperson of the Kings Manor Methodist Retirement Home Ladies Auxiliary for several years and volunteered in many ways for the Hereford community. Mrs. Davis also loved playing bridge with her many friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband on June 23, 2005, and a sister, Julia Knapp.
Survivors include two daughters, Edith Davis Goodman and husband, Steven, of Kansas City, Mo., and Julia Laing and husband, Randy, of Hereford; a brother, Stephen Pearce and wife, Mabel, of Bryan; a grandson, Seth Laing of Lubbock; a stepgranddaughter, Jill Rains of Hereford; a stepgrandson, Brian Laing of College Station; and a stepgreat-granddaughter, Hallie Rains of Hereford.
The family suggests memorials be to First United Methodist Church, 501 N. Main St., Hereford, TX 79045 or Kings Manor Methodist Retirement Home, 400 Ranger, Hereford, TX 79045.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Sunday, July 24, 2005)
Contributed on 5/24/22 by neldapat
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