Lockney Cemetery, Floyd County, Texas. Charles Edward Davis, and wife Sarah Annie (Roberts) Davis grave stone, my great grandparents.
 The inscription reads: D A V I S SARAH A. CHARLES E. DEC 14 1870 JUN 27 1870 JAN 1, 1948 OCT 30, 1937  Text file
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Charles Edward Davis and Sarah Annie Roberts lived near Sterley, Texas. Charles Edward Davis was born in Cass County, Illinois, the son of John Barton Davis and Christina Liming. John Barton moved the family to the Dresden, Texas area in the winter of 1878. They arrived in time for spring planting, it took about 90 days of winter travel from Illinois to Texas.
Mom as part of the families of that Davis farm and children of God and Jesus got into her Aunt Mae's diary as their life unfolded. Mom helped get me started on the Davis family history and was interested in it also. She told me about going with her dad Alvah N Davis, my grandfather, to Navarro County before grandad died in 1980 and he showed mom the places he grew up in to mom. Mom had told me about Alvah's dad, her "grampa Charlie" as she called him. She reallty thought the world of her grampa Charllie when she was a kid and it was a great loss her and Alvah and Miriam her parents when he died from a car accident 27 October 1937. Her Aunt Maye Davis had a series of entries in her diary that recorded events of Charles Edward Davis' death in 1937. It was a sad time for the Davis families.
"Oct 27, 1937
Dad started over home & had a car wreck over at the corner of our field. Melvin Griffith came & told us about it about an hr. or more after it happened. 3 boys in a model A Ford were going north & Dad was going east in his Dodge. The Ford struck the Dodge just on the front door. Really did wreck the Ford. Wrecked the Dodge a lot. The ambulance came & took him to Lockney to the clinic. Melvin Griffith came & told us. We had been up with Mom from 12 to 5 & Cye slept til 9 & he had just got up. Before he left, Dad went out and moved the bundles in front of the binder. As he started to leave, he put his arms around my shoulder & said 'Honey, I'll be back in about an hour." It is such a shock to us all. Sister Copeland & Kate stayed with mom while we went to see Dad."
"Oct 28, 1937
Dad still unconscious. He was hurt pretty bad. However was not bruised very much. His head was hurt. Cye went to see his dad this AM then he stayed with Mom then he went to town to wash. Maxcend came back to town. We hung out our clothes and got things pretty well rounded up. Dad had a sinking spell about 9:30. Edward and Clarence came out to tell us about it. Mom went all to pieces. Mr Cowart came over to stay with us while we went down to the clinic. Mrs Copeland, Dee and Arla came out for awhile. Dad rallied & Cye came back around 1 o'clock. Mrs Copeland laid down with mom. We wired the folks."
Oct 29, 1937
Dad lasted through the night. Uncle Ruff, Aunt Clara, Aunt Pressia, Uncle Grover, Amie Lee, Edith & Oleta came about 8 AM. Aunt Lottie & Louis, Uncle Ira, Wilmer & wife & baby got here about 2 or 3 o'clock. So glad they got here before the end. Lessie came about dark to see Dad. Poor thing, doesn't look like himself at all. Still hasn't regained consciousness yet. I'm afraid the end is near. We had to get back home to see about Mom so we came back about 10 o'clock."
"Oct 30, 1937
Dad passed away about 5 o'clock this morning. We sure hate to give him up. It sure doesn't seem right to have to give him up after losing both my Dad and Mom since we were married. We laid Dad to rest about 3 o'clock this PM in the Lockney Cemetery. Everyone was so nice to us. Mom is doing a lot better than we expected that she could, but we all have to be brave. I do not know what we could do without our dear Maxcene."
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