Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
Wednesday, May 14, 1980

Mrs. Davis

Funeral services for Mrs. Odessa Jane Davis, 72, of Winnsboro were held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, May 14, in the Chapel of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home.

Interment was in Adams Cemetery west of Kelly with the Rev. Father Daniel Corkery officiating.

Rosary was held at 7 p.m., Tuesday in the Chapel.

Survivors include 7 sons, Johnnie Davis, Winnsboro, Montgue Davis, Magee, Miss., Hollis Davis, Winnsboro, Ouinton Davis, Taylorsville, Miss., Jack Davis, Winnsboro, Jasper Davis, Winnsboro and Rex Davis, Shreveport; 6 daughters, Mrs. Dorothy King, Redford, Ind., Mrs. Betty Thornhill, Winnsboro, Pansy Ellerbe, Wisner, Kathryn Dempsey, Ammiston, Ala., Judy Hales, Anchorage, Alaska and Sallie Boutwell, Clayton; 5 brothers, Frank McKaskle, Wisner, Olan McKaskle, Hawaii, Nolan McKaskle, Baton Rouge, W. H. McKaskle, Dallas, Tex., George McKaskle, Wichita, Kans.; 1 half-brother, Charles R. McKaskle, Hammond; 1 half-sister, Mrs. Ruby Nell Darby, Cincinnati, Ohio; 33 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.