Katharine (Davis) Mounger (1913 - 2001)

Born 26 Dec 1913 in Starkville, Mississippi, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Gwin Mounger — married 18 Jun 1938 in Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 2001 at age 87 in Greenwood, Leflore, Mississippi, USA

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Katharine Jones [send private message]

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Katharine /Davis/^[2][3][4][5]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 26 DEC 1913

Place: Starkville, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA^[6][7][8][9]

Death

Death: Age at Death: 87

Date: July 13, 2001

Place: Greenwood, Leflore, Mississippi, USA^[10]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1935-1993

Place: Greenwood, MS^[11]

Residence: Age: 6Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Granddaughter

Date: 1920

Place: Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi, USA^[12]

Residence: Age: 16Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Date: 1930

Place: Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA^[13]

Note

Note: Front page obituary, Greenwood Commonwealth, July 16, 2001

Funeral services for Katharine Davis Mounger, an avid reader who helped organize Greenwood Little Theatre, will be at 4 p.m. today at the Episcopal Church of the Nativity.

Mrs. Mounger, 87, died of heart failure Saturday, July 14, at Golden Age Nursing Home.

She was instrumental in organizing Greenwood Little Theatre and served on its founding board as its first secretary. She helped organize a Great Books Society and served as president of Greenwood Leflore Public Library's board.

She also was active in the Community Concert Association and the Greenwood Garden Club.

In addition she was an early member of the Leflore County Replublican Party and an active alumna of Delta Gamma sorority.

Mrs. Mounger was born in Starkville and later moved to Oxford. She was a magna cume laude graduate of the University of Mississippi and received a master's degree in social work from Tulane University. She later worked in that field in New Orleans until her marriage to Dr. Samuel Gwin Mounger. After a brief residence in Yazoo City, she moved with her husband to Greenwood.

At the Episcopal Church of the Nativity, she sang in the choir, taught Sunday school, served as president of the ECW and was active in St. Hilda's Guild. She also held several offices in the Episcopal Diocese of Miss.

She commissioned a painting of the nativity by Leny Wacht that now hangs in the church.

Mrs. Mounger is survived by two sons, Whitman Davis Mounger of Greenwood and Samuel Gwin Mounger Jr. of Columbia, MO; one daughter, Kay Mounger JOnes of Hampshire, Tenn.; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m today at the church.

Pallbearers will be Dalton McBee Jr., Charles M. Powers, W.M. Whittington III, Allen Wood Jr., E.M. Meek Jr., Dr. Michael H. Carter Jr., and George R. Mahoney.

Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. John Fair Lucas Jr. and Walter C. Moses Jr.

Object

Object:

File: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=31665fca-634a-42a8-ae60-2f0c16f7d991&tid=64945803&pid=3

Format: jpg

Title: Katharine

Object:

File: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=b2b44270-d5e7-4e4a-9cd1-412c219ddff2&tid=64945803&pid=3

Format: jpg

Title: Katherine

Object:

File: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=94fb6c51-bac8-4fa5-9e33-5e47da4c2b8e&tid=64945803&pid=3

Format: jpg

Title: Katharine a little later

Object:

File: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=7b75cd3c-bdcc-41ba-b771-7ac44dddb039&tid=64945803&pid=3

Format: jpg

Title: Young Katharine Davis

Sources

1. ↑ Davis-30614 was created by Katharine Mounger through the import of Mounger and Davis Ancestry.ged on Jun 9, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S-634210856 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi; Roll: 1152; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0001; Image: 480.0; FHL microfilm: 2340887 APID: 1,6224::37034839
3. ↑ Source: #S-634210084 Page: Number: 427-94-9234; Issue State: Mississippi; Issue Date: 1963 APID: 1,3693::44053924
4. ↑ Source: #S-634251054 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi; Roll: T625_889; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 89; Image: 267 APID: 1,6061::54086014
5. ↑ Source: #S-631295998 APID: 1,1732::354312570
6. ↑ Source: #S-634210856 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi; Roll: 1152; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0001; Image: 480.0; FHL microfilm: 2340887 APID: 1,6224::37034839
7. ↑ Source: #S-634210084 Page: Number: 427-94-9234; Issue State: Mississippi; Issue Date: 1963 APID: 1,3693::44053924
8. ↑ Source: #S-634251054 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi; Roll: T625_889; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 89; Image: 267 APID: 1,6061::54086014
9. ↑ Source: #S-631295998 APID: 1,1732::354312570
10. ↑ Source: #S-634210084 Page: Number: 427-94-9234; Issue State: Mississippi; Issue Date: 1963 APID: 1,3693::44053924
11. ↑ Source: #S-631295998 APID: 1,1732::354312570
12. ↑ Source: #S-634251054 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi; Roll: T625_889; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 89; Image: 267 APID: 1,6061::54086014
13. ↑ Source: #S-634210856 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi; Roll: 1152; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0001; Image: 480.0; FHL microfilm: 2340887 APID: 1,6224::37034839

• Source: S-631295998 Repository: #R-1098352914 Title: U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,1732::0
• Repository: R-1098352914 Name: Ancestry.com
• Source: S-634210084 Repository: #R-1098352914 Title: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,3693::0
• Source: S-634210856 Repository: #R-1098352914 Title: 1930 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,6224::0
• Source: S-634251054 Repository: #R-1098352914 Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,6061::0
• Source: S-634366349 Repository: #R-1098352914 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=64945803&pid=3

No biography yet. Davis-31830 was created by Katharine Jones through the import of Mounger Family Tree.ged on Aug 11, 2015. This comment and citation should be deleted after a short biography has been added and primary sources have been cited. Can you add information or sources?