Bonnie (Cross) Davis (1906 - 1990)

Born 22 May 1906 in Cumberland, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Died 15 Jun 1990 at age 84 in Barren, Kentucky, United States

[[Category:Kentucky, Cross Name Study

Biography

This profile is part of the Cross Name Study.

Bonnie (Cross) Davis was born in Appalachia, in Kentucky.

Bonnie (Cross) Davis was born on 22 May 1906 in Cumberland, Kentucky, United States, daughter of Joseph Elza Cross (1871 - 1945) and Mary Lee (Campbell) Cross (1875 - 1963).

Bonnie married Godfrey Enoch Davis (1896 - 1971) in 1924. Their children were:

1. James Harley Davis (1922 - 1925)
2. Mary E. Davis (1924 - <2017)
3. Dortha L Davis (1927 - <2017)
4. Hubert Keith Davis (1935 - 1987)
5. Godfrey Davis II. (1937 - <2017)
6. Robert C. Davis (1939 - <2017).

Bonnie died on 15 Jun 1990 in Barren, Kentucky aged 84. She is buried in Campbellsville Memorial Gardens, Taylor County, Kentucky.

Census

1920: Whetstone, Cumberland, KY ^[1]

• Joe E. Cross age 48
• Mary L age 44
• Bonnie age 13
• Gladys L age 10
• James B age 7
• Carlie C age 4

1940: Cumberland, KY ^[2]

• Godfrey Davis age 44
• Bonnie age 33
• Mary age 15
• Dorothy age 13
• Margaret age 9
• Kuth age 4
• Robert age 11/12

Obituary

"Bonnie Cross Davis, age 84, of Depot Street in Greensburg passed away Friday, June 15, 1990 at the T.J. Samson Hospital in Glasgow after a long illness. She was born May 22,1906 in Cumberland County, the daughter of the late Joe and Mary Lee Cambell Cross. She was a housewife and a member of the Jesus' Name Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Godfrey Davis, and two sons, Keith and Harley Davis. She is also survived by three daughters, Mary England, Campbellsville, Dorothy Finn, Louisville, and Imogene Vaughn, Crittenden; three sons, R.C. Davis, Greensburg, Gerald Davis, Greensburg, and Malcolm Davis, Campbellsville; 19 grand children, 13 great-grandchildren; one brother, Carlie Cross, Indiana; and two sisters, Dell; Smith, Indiana, and Gladys Brookshire, Indiana. Funeral services were conducted Sunday, June 17, at 1 p.m. at the Warren F. Tole: Memorial Chapel by Elder Rueal Boils. Burial was in the Campbellsville Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were Terry Young Bruce Games, Dean Faulkner Terry Perkins, John Boone James Davis and Bennie Finn." (findagrave) ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Whetstone, Cumberland, Kentucky; Roll: T625_566; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 69; Image: 695
2. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Cumberland, Kentucky; Roll: T627_1297; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 29-5
3. ↑ Obituaries of Green Co. Ky. Vol. 7, compiled by Eunice Montgomery Wright, p. 68

• Campbellsville Memorial Gardens:

• SSDI: Number: 403-36-7803; Issue State: Kentucky; Issue Date: Before 1951