Extracted from the Panola Watchman (Carthage, TX)
Wednesday, June 19, 1996

Vashti Davis

Funeral services for Mrs. Vashti Davis, 91, of Panola will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 19, 1996 at Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel in Carthage. The Rev. Don Scott will officiate. Interment will follow in the Panola Mt. Zion Cemetery under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Mrs. Davis died Monday, Jun 17 at her residence.

Born May 11, 1905 in the Galloway Community, she was the daughter of Celia Pauline Farmer and Lyn H. Spradley. Mrs. Davis was a lifetime resident of Panola, and member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. She was also a member of the Wascom Chapter O.E.S. Mrs. Davis was preceded in death by her husband, W. W. ``Bill'' Davis, who died in 1969; a son, Clester B. Davis, who died in 1977; and a daughter, Peggy Parker, who died in 1993.

Mrs. Davis is survived by her two daughters, Sadie Railey of Joaquin, and Amy Latham of Houston; one son-in-law, Joe Parker of Panola; one sister, Myrtie Fish of Destin, Fla.; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren.