Colonel James Willard Davis Sr.

   Cause of his death was Cardiorespiratory Arrest / Metastatic Adenocarcinoma to Liver.

  General Notes:

Virginia, Birth Records, 1864-2014
Name: James Willard Davis
Birth Date: 23 Aug 1916
Birth Place: Dinwiddie, Virginia

The 1940 Federal Census for Cumberland, New Kent Co., Virginia, District 64-2, page 18B, dated April 18, 1940 records James W. (24 - VA) and Willie L. (21 - NC) Davis living along Road 60. James has completed 4 years of college and is employed as the Supt of a State Farm earning $1,100 working 24 weeks during the last year. Willie has completed 4 years of college and is not working. On April 1, 1935 James was living in Petersburg, Prince George Co. (sic), VA while Willie is in Hopewell, Prince George Co.(sic), VA.



Hofervill, Panne Grye, Virginia

  Medical Notes:

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: James Willard Davis
Residence: 2111 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA
Occupation: Army Officer, U. S. Army
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 68
Birth Date: 23 Aug 1916
Death Date: 26 Jun 1985
Death Place: Hospice of Northern Virginia, Arlington County, Virginia
Burial: Northern Virginia Crematory, Arlington, VA
Registration Date: 27 Jun 1985
Father: Gordon Reed Davis
Mother: Betty Lou Reames
Spouse: Polly Allbee Davis
Certificate Number: 1985021950
Military Status: yes
Informant: Donna Monday (daughter)

James married Willie Lee Powell, daughter of John Wade Powell and Willie Lee Tilghman, 1 Apr 1939 / Oct 14, 1939 in Dobson, Surry Co., N. C. / Hopewell, VA. (Willie Lee Powell was born on 18 Dec 1917 in Weldon, Halifax Co., N. C, died on 21 Sep 1981 in Cumberland Co., North Carolina and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.)

  Marriage Notes:

North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004
Name: James W Davis
Residence: Petersburg, VA
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1917
Age: 22
Race: White
Spouse: Willie Lee Powell
Residence: Hopewell, VA
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Age: 21
Spouse Race: White
Marriage Date: 1 Apr 1939
Marriage Location: Dobson
Marriage County: Surry
Marriage State: North Carolina



Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014
Name: James Willard Davis (single)
Occupation: Supt. State Game Farm
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 23
Birth Date: abt 1916 born in Blackstone, VA
Marriage Date: 14 Oct 1939
Marriage Place: Hopewell, Virginia
Registration Place: Hopewell, Virginia
Father: Gordon Reed Davis
Mother: Betty Lou Reames
Spouse: Willie Lee Powell (single)
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Age: 21 born in Weldon, [Halifax Co.,] N. C.
Spouse Father: John Wade Powell
Spouse Mother: Willie Tilghman
Certificate Number: 1939035992

James next married Living