DAVIS.--Another faithful servant has gone from us. The Rev. J. H. Davis was born in Giles County, Tennessee. October 15th, 1824. When grown up to be a man, he was married to Miss Tatum. To this union were born eight children. The mother and seven of these children have preceded him to that home above. After the death of his companion, he lived a lonely life, until he met Mrs. Mary Wymar, to whom he was married. She proved to be a loving wife, and a faithful helper to him, and a mother to his daughter and grandchildren. Brother Davis had been very feeble for months, and on the 28th day of March, 1911, at about nine o'clock a.m., he passed out of this life into the beyond. He crossed the river of death quietly to rest on the other side. Bro. Davis was a Cumberland Presbyterian, and had been all of his life. He said to me a number of times after he was too feeble to go to Presbytery: "Tell the brethren I want to be counted on the Cumberland side of this question." He preached for several years before he was ordained. He joined the Obion Presbytery at Dyersburg in the sixty-third year of his life, was licensed, and ordained at the same Presbytery. We believe many will call him blessed on the other side, for he cheered many hearts in his life. He has been the instrument in the hands of God in bringing many souls to Christ. He loved his Church, took the Church paper and read it closely, and was well posted on the workings of the Church. He was buried by the Masonic Order, your humble servant assisting in the service. The largest crowd of people attended the service at Bowen Chapel that had been there for many years. His body rests in that cemetery for the resurrection morning. He leaves a wife and one daughter and several grandchildren to mourn his death. We, the friends of the deceased, do sympathize with them and promise to help or assist them in any way we can.        J. T. STOCKTON.
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, April 13, 1911, page 958]