Grace was born in Grayson County, VA.
Jim attended Virginia Tech. where he played on the baseball team. Jim was a
builder. He and his brothers owned J.E. DAVIS & SONS CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY, and built many schools, hospitals, town halls, factories, college
building, etc., in Southwest Virginia. Jim hobbies included bee keeping,
farming, blacksmithing. He was religious and taught Sunday School at Mount
Vale United Methodist Church for many years until his illness make it
impossible. He suffered from Alzheimer's Disease. He is interred at the
Mount Vale Church Cemetery.
Jim and Grace's children are:
3. Grace Louise (25-May-1945 to present) married to Julio Withheld.
They have two children: Keith Alexander (13-Dec-1978) and Amanda
Grace (15-Jul-1985). Grace is an English as a second language
coordinator at Emory University. Julio is an architect at the
University of Georgia, where Keith is a student.
4. Martha Jane (28-Mar-1947 to present) married to Homer Luther
Withheld. They have a daughter, Kim Noelle (18-Mar-1985
5. Mary Beth (26-Sep-1957) married to John Withheld. Mary
works as a school psychologist in the county school system in
Melborne, Florida.
). Kim is a
Korean adoptee. She should take the opportunity to meet her Korean-
American cousins: Alex, Sonia
and Ron.
