Tivis Bernard Davis

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CENSUS RECORDS

1930 Census
Name: Tivis B Davis
Age: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1929
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: Hurricane, Buchanan, Virginia
Street: Little Garden Road
Inferred Residence in 1935: Hurricane, Buchanan, Virginia
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 3rd grade
Household Members:
Name Age
Sam L Davis 36
Stella Davis 34
Tivis B Davis 11
Erma Davis 10
Belmer Davis 7
Daniel B Davis 5

OBITUARY

Tivis Bernard Davis, 81 of Rocketts Way, Newton died Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at his residence. Born in Buchanan Va., July 4, 1928, he was the son of the late Samuel Lee & Stella Richardson Davis.

Tivis started working in the coal mines and later on the Virginia railway. From 1953 to 1970 he worked with the Ford Motor Company. He worked as a carpenter & other jobs with the US Navy. His hobbies include fishing and quilting. Tivis quilted as many as 103 quilts in his lifetime.

In addition to his wife, Dolores Davis; a step daughter, Marjory Lackwold of Palmer Alaska; two sons, Ira Daniel Davis, Tivis Maynard Davis of Ohio; three sisters, Erma Grizzle of Castlewood, Va., Charlotte Littleton of Newton, Shirley Christoph of Mesa, Arizona; three brothers, Delmar Davis of Bristol, Va., Cecil Davis of Haines City, Florida, James Davis of Mansfield, Ohio; several grand-children, several great grand-children and many nieces and nephews survive him. A brother, Daniel Boone Davis and a daughter, Violet Davis preceded him in death.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 27, 2010 at First Baptist Church in Newton. The Davis family has entrusted arrangements to Jenkins Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Newton.

Birth:
Virginia, Births, 1864-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: Tivis Bernard Davis
Birth Date: 4 Jul 1928
Birth Place: Tazewell Co. VA

Buried:
Memorial, obituary and portrait on Find A Grave:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85189331&ref=acom

Died:
Social Security Death Index
Name: Tivis B. Davis
Last Residence: 28658 Newton, Catawba, North Carolina
BORN: 4 Jul 1928
Died: 23 Mar 2010
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951)

Tivis married Fay Uva Whitt 05 Jul 1949, Tazewell Co. VA. Fay (daughter of Homer Albert Whitt and Helen C. BURRESS) was born 23 Apr 1928, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: Faye Uva Whitt
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1928
Marriage Date: 5 Jul 1949
Marriage Place: Tazewell, Virginia
Registration Place: Tazewell, Virginia
Father: Homer Whitt
Mother: Helen Burress
Spouse: Tivis Bernard Davis
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Age: 21
Spouse Father: Sam Davis
Spouse Mother: Stella Richardson

1. Ira Daniel Davis
2. Tivis Maynard Davis
3. Violet Davis