Doris Elaine Davis is the daughter of Alvah N Davis and Miriam L (Jennings)Davis, the granddaughter of Charles Edward Davis and Sarah Annie (Roberts)Davis, the great-granddaughter of John Barton Davis and Christina (Liming)Davis, the great-great-granddaughter of Elijah Davis and Elizabeth (Shoopman)Davis, and the great-great-great-granddaughter of James B Davis and Elizabeth (Hawkins)Davis.

Doris Elaine Davis, born on 3 Dec 1926 in Hamby, Tx, married Bruce Charles Smith Dec 6 1943 in Muleshoe, TX. He was born 17 Sep 1923 in Johnson County, OK, the son of Oscar Lee Smith and grandson of Jacob Franklin Smith.  They were divorced prior to the last half of 1963. Mom passed from this life Aug 27 2002 sometime before noon in Medical City of Dallas. Funeral was on Saturday 31 Aug 2002 at the Wylie Cemetery in Wylie, TX. Our memorial to her begins with PSALM 23
Proverbs 20, 7; and
James 4, 14-14 and photos will be added.

Mom's sweet sixteen photo.


Bruce and Doris had five children, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
  1. Charles Michael Smith, born in 1944, married Sandy Sue Saegert and they had a son:
    1. Matthew Smith.
    Mary Jane Dubek was the second wife of Charles Michael Smith, and they had two children:
    1. Samuel Carey Smith.
    2. Steven Smith.
  2. Sandra Elaine (Smith)Ward, born in 1945, married Harold Wade Hamm and they had two children:
    1. Deborah Rene Hamm, married Weims.
        They had two children:
      1. Phillip Kenton Weims, born 1987.
      2. Matthew Weims,born 1989.
    2. Angela Kay Hamm, married David Hartless and they had two children:
      1. Ashley Nicole Hartless, born 1990.
      2. Samantha Lee Hartless, born 1992.
    William Smith was the second husband of Sandra Elaine Smith.
      They had a daughter:
    1. Stephene Carin Smith, married  Durant.
        They had a daughter:
      1. Courtney Gayle Durant, born 1987.
    Don Ward is the third husband of Sandra Elaine Smith.
  3. Thomas Scott Smith, born 8 Nov 1946 in Clovis, Curry County, NM. Married Frances Lucretia Moreno.
      We have two children:
    1. Jacqueline Natasha Smith, born 3 July 1971, Bexar County, Tx.
    2. Robert Nicolas Smith, born 23 Apr 1974, Bexar County, Tx.
  4. Patricia Kay Smith, born 1950, married Fred Smith.
    Harry Christian is second husband of Patricia Kay Smith
      and they had a son.
    1. Jonathan Cary Christian, born 1969, married Becky Smith and
        they have a daughter:
      1. Kylie Nicole Christian, born 1994.
  5. Terry Paul Smith, born 1951, married Shirley Sanford, born 1953, and
      they had two children:
    1. Shawn Ann Smith, born 1978 married Tony Smith.
      1. Shelby Lynn Smith, born 1997.
      2. Zack Smith
    2. Micha Paul Smith born 1984.
John Zieammerman and mom married 28 May 1966. He was born 26 Dec 1922. I came home from the service to a new and extended family. You could not ask for a better dad than John.
  1. Rhonda Miller
  2. Patricia Waidley
  3. Helene Moccia
  4. Chuck Zieammerman
Survivors: Husband; John Zieammerman;- 9 Children;- 26 Grandchildren and 19 Great Grandchildren.

I appologize for the incomplete family page. I'll probably add what I can but family pages are never really completed till Jesus comes again.

Doris E Zieammerman is my mother. She was born 3 December 1926, as Daris Allene Davis the daugher of Alvah Newton Davis and Miriam Lavonia (Jennings)Davis in the country near the Community of Hamby in Shackleford County, Texas just a few miles North East of Abilene, Texas. When she was about a year old her family moved to their new farm near Sterley, Texas just North of Lockney in Floyd County, Texas in the panhandle. Her grandpa Charlie had gone up there previously and they dug a water well and built a house and otherwise made provision for survival of the families and provide a beginning to their new farm. Mom's dad Alvah and his two brothers Cye (Cyrus) and Mason Davis went in with their dad who had made all this a possibility via inheritance from his mom's ancestor Mr. Augustine in Illinois. Mom's grandpa Charlie as she called him later on in life was Charles Edward Davis the son of John Barton Davis and Christina Liming who settled in Navarro County, Texas having moved from Cass County, Illinois over the winter of 1878 to spring of 1879. Her dad Alvah had been born in the country a few miles South East of the Community of Pursley, Texas, near Purdon, TX, in Navarro County, Texas in 1894 and his dad Charles Edward had moved his family from Navarro County and I think they did move around quite a bit in the next few years. They lived in Throckmorton and later Baylor Counties about 1920. Charles Edward received inheritance of some land in Illinois from an inheritance of his deceased mom's Ancestor Mr. Augustine in Illinois probably just before 1926 the year mom was born.

Mom had been talking about her dad after he had passed away one day and told me she had her name changed when she was young because she didn't like her birth name. She said that she had a real hard time convincing Alvah her dad to grant permission as he was "dead set against it" in her words. She finally managed to get him to relent and thus changed her name to Doris Elaine Davis. She said she was still young then and it meant a lot to her. 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. Maxcene 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 Maxene."
Link to Photo of grave site of Charles and Sarah Davis Their grave at Lockney Cem.

Mom also was mentioned along with her older brother Clarence in her Aunt Maye's diary on Christmas Eve, December 24th, 1939.
"Dec 24, 1939
Went to Church at PC (Prarie Chappel). Truitt Hickey preached. Clarence & Doris obeyed the gospel & wanted to be baptised at 3 PM at Lockney. Duarward and Jack accepted and was baptised at the water. Bill and Warren came home with us for dinner & went to the baptizing. All the Davis' & Floyd & Mary Daniel came to our house for the Christmas Tree. Then we let Clarence & Ed, Kenton, Margarite & Doris have our car. They came back about 11:30 & stayed the rest of the night."

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