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Paul Franklin Davis was born June 13, 1893, at Luka, Mississippi. At the age of three months my daddy, Ruben Franklin Davis, put my mother, Martha Mathilda Flynt Davis, and me aboard a train with other Davis and Flynt relatives, bound for Dawson, Navarro County. Dad, having plenty of time before he got possession of his rented farm in Texas rode a mule and led a mule all the way to Texas. On Saturday nights he would stay with farmers who were strangers along the way. He attended church on Sundays and he would start out on his journey again on Monday mornings after paying for his weekend lodging.At the age of six I drove horses pulling a wagon load of cotton to the gin alone. I was the eldest of four boys and three girls.
I married Altha Pearl Cox, born August 6, 1899 at Purdon on December 16, 1917 in Purdon Community.
Pearl was the daughter of A. G. and Laura Elizabeth "Betty" Stone Cox.
We moved to Farmer community, Crosby County, in 1924 and lived in the southwest house (which has been destroyed) of the White and Robinson Ranch.
We had two children: Wilmer Ray, born October 17, 1925, and died March 26, 1930 and Dorothy Fay, born May 20, 1927.
We moved to the Fred Shell farm one mile south of Cone, then seven or eight years later we moved back on the White and Robinson Ranch this time in the east house. We lived here until I moved to town in 1949. At this time I farmed the Grace land west of Ralls, three or four years, then farmed W. B. Chestine´s place northwest of Ralls. I retired from farming in 1956. Since retiring I have helped my son-in-law, Uel Arthur, during busy times on his farms, 10 years. (Written by Paul Davis)
Source: "Crosby County History Book 1876-1977", Crosby County Historical Commission, ©1977
Transcribed by Cheryl McDonald
Paul Davis
Funeral rites for longtime Crosby County resident Paul Franklin Davis of Ralls were at 2 p.m. Saturday in First United Methodist Church of Ralls. The Rev. Howard Malcom, pastor, officiated.Interment was made in Ralls Cemetery, with Carter-Adams Funeral Home directing arrangements.
Mr. Davis, 89, was claimed by death at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at his home following a lengthy illness.
The Luka, Miss., native and Altha Pearl Cox were married Dec. 16, 1917 in the Purdon Community. The family moved to Crosby County in 1924 and into Ralls in 1949.
A retired farmer, Mr.Davis was a Methodist.
He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Dorothy Faye Arthur of Ralls; a brother, John Davis of Waco; three sisters, Mrs. Burt Marrs of Waco and Annie Davis and Ellen Stafford, both of Dallas; and three grandchildren.
Crosbyton Review, January 27, 1983
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
Pearl Davis
Services for Pearl Davis, 89, of Ralls were held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, 1988, in the Ralls First United Methodist Church with Rev. James Morrow, pastor of the Ralls First Baptist Church and Rev. Bob Metzger, pastor of the Ralls First United Methodist Church officiating.Burial followed in the Ralls Cemetery under direction of Carter-Adams Funeral Home of Ralls.
Mrs. Davis died at 12:40 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, 1988 in Lubbock´s Methodist Hospital following a lengty illness.
She was born August 6, 1899 in Hubbard, Navarro County, Texas and married Paul Franklin Davis Dec. 16, 1917 in Purdon community, TX. He preceded her in death Jan. 20, 1983.
She was a member of the Ralls First United Methodist Church and moved to Crosby County in 1924 and to Ralls in 1949.
Survivors include one daughter: Dorothy Faye Arthur of Ralls; one son, Wilmer Ray Davis preceded in death in March of 1930; one sister, Mae Hunter of Ralls; four brothers and one sister preceded in death; three grandchildren; Lonnie Arthur, Lloyd Arthur, and Kena Arthur.
Crosby County News & Crosbyton Review, December 1, 1988
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
