DAVIS, Daisy Deen

DAVIS, Daisy Deen[1]

Female 1890 - 1981  (91 years)

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  • Name DAVIS, Daisy Deen 
    Birth 28 Feb 1890  Baxter, Henderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Residence 7 Jun 1900  Justice Precinct No. 7, Henderson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Death 8 Jun 1981  Athens, Henderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5
    • Funeral services for Daisy Dean Avant, 91, will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the United Methodist Church in Athens with Rev. Archie Fleming officiating.
      Interment will be in the Davis Cemetery under the direction of Carroll & Lehr Funeral Home.
      She died Monday in Henderson County Memorial Hospital.
      Mrs. Avant was the daughter of John and Margaret Hughes Davis, a pioneer Henderson County family. She was born Feb. 28, 1890 in the Baxter Community and had lived in the community all her life.
      She was a housewife and was a correspondent for the Athens Review covering the Baxter Community for many years.
      Mrs. Avant was active in the United Methodist Churches of Baxter and Athens and was a member of the Baxter Home Demonstration Club.
      She is survived by two grandsons, Harold C Clark and Richard Clark of Baxter; one granddaughter, Sarah Jane Brown of Baxter; two great-grandaughters, Crista Clark and April Clark and several nieces and nephews.
    Burial Aft 8 Jun 1981  Davis Cemetery, Athens, Henderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Section G Plot 504
    Person ID I4121  Pickel_Bartlett
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2012 

    Father DAVIS, John Lee,   b. 9 Jan 1858, Brownsboro, Henderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1934, Baxter, Henderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother HUGHES, Margaret Jane,   b. 17 May 1862, Baxter, Henderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1945, Baxter, Henderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 1879  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 7 Jun 1900  Justice Precinct No. 7, Henderson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Farmer 
    Residence 27 Apr 1910  Justice Precinct No. 7, Henderson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Farmer 
    • Her name was listed as Jennie.
    Residence 21 Jan 1920  Justice Precinct No. 7, Henderson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Farmer 
    Residence 10 Apr 1930  Justice Precinct No. 7, Henderson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Farmer 
    • Mr. John L. Davis, 76, one of Henderson county's best beloved citizens and a lifelong resident of this immediate area, died at his home in the Baxter community at 7:45 Tuesday evening following a critical illness of several days. 
      Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist Church in the Baxter community.
      He was born at Brownsboro Jan. 9, 1898.
      He is survived by his wife and six children; two daughters, Mrs. A. S. Johnson and Mrs. M. S. Avant of Baxter; four sons, R. H. and Bobby of Eustace, Everett of Baxter and Superintendent Frank J. Davis of Athens.
      Jeff Davis of Athens was a brother.
    Family ID F1228  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family AVANT, Millard Seals,   b. 5 Mar 1888, Athens, Henderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1948, Baxter, Henderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1909  Athens, Henderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 27 Apr 1910  Athens, Henderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Farmer 
    Residence 21 Jan 1920  New York Community, Henderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Farmer 
    Residence 11 Apr 1930  Justice Precinct No. 7, Henderson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Farmer 
    Children 
     1. AVANT, Bama,   b. Abt 1912, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. AVANT, Iva Nell,   b. Abt Nov 1919, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1973, Henderson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Family ID F1498  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 May 2022 

  • Sources 
    1. [S109] Find-a-Grave website, Memorial# 25720194.

    2. [S70] 1880 Federal Census, Athens, Henderson, TX ED 31 Page 21 Dwelling 117.

    3. [S80] Social Security Death Index, Source Citation: Number: 452-20-1769; Issue State: Texas.

    4. [S110] 1900 Federal Census, Justice Precinct No. 7, Henderson County, Texas ED 62 Page 6B Dwelling 405 .

    5. [S81] Texas Death Index 1903-2000.

    6. [S74] Ancestry.com, Justice Precinct No. 7, Henderson County, Texas ED 19 Pg 6B Dwelling 103.

    7. [S73] 1920 Federal Census, Justice Precinct No. 7, Henderson County, Texas ED 24 Page 12A Dwelling 24.

    8. [S72] 1930 Federal Census, Justice Precinct No. 7, Henderson County, Texas ED 25 Page 6A Dwelling 116.

    9. [S74] Ancestry.com, Athens, Henderson County, Texas ED 19 Pg 6B Dwelling 104.

    10. [S73] 1920 Federal Census, Justice Precinct No. 7, Henderson County, Texas ED 24 Page 12A Dwelling 26.

    11. [S72] 1930 Federal Census, Justice Precinct No. 7, Henderson County, Texas ED 25 Page 6B Dwelling 130.