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Thomas Lenoir Davis Sr. was the son of David Clark Davis and Caroline Augusta Lenoir Davis of Lamar County Texas. Tom had six siblings, three brothers and three sisters.Tom's Great Grandfather, John Davis of Lamar County was a well known medical doctor who came to Texas from Indiana. Dr. Davis donated all the land for the Springhill Cemetery in Lamar County where many Davis and Lenoir family members are buried. Tom's Great Great Grandfather, Isaac Lenoir Sr. hailed from Horatio,South Carolina where before 1808 he established the Lenoir Country Store (which today 2007) after almost 200 years is still in existence and run by the Lenoir family.
Tom was a gentleman who loved his family and friends. He was a Mason for more than 50 years. He was known by his grandchildren and great grandchildren as "Gran'Daddy Davis"
Amanda "LeMotie" Guthrie Davis was born in Blossom, Texas. Amanda's parents Miles Jeffery Guthrie and Amanda Brigham Guthrie moved from Mississippi to Texas at the end of 1886, Amanda was born shortly after their arrival in Texas. Her father, Miles also known as M.J. was the Mayor of Blossom Texas two times.
Amanda taught school in Post Oak Texas in 1904 and 1905, resigned to marry Tom. She is remembered fondly by former students even though she was there for such a short time. In 2004, a former student, Mary Dobson, said she remembered that Miss Guthrie never raised her voice and helped the students at all times. She also remembered her parents saying, "Miss Guthrie comes from good folks"
I can never remember my great Grandmother ever saying a harsh word about anybody. She always had cookies ready for her grandchildren. Amanda was fondly called Gran'Davis by her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Lovingly submitted by: Leni Noble Logan
The sidewalks of Ralls have been hot, the days not tempered with cooling winds;
the cares of life have been many, but Tom L. Davis went on meeting his many friends
and loving and enjoying the many members of his fine family.
Today we know the streets he will walk are pure gold, the cares, aches and pains all gone;
we know that many friends and kin will welcome him there, that in a few short minutes the
distance from Ralls to Heaven was bridged with the passing of Tom L. Davis and the ones left
behind grieve and are sad.
Does Jesus care when I've said good-by
To the dearest one on earth to me,
When my sad heart aches till it nearly breaks,
Is it aught to him? Does he see?
Oh yes, he cares I know he cares,
His heart is touched with my grief;
Though the days will be weary,
The long nights deary, I know my Saviour cares.
©Ralls Banner, 1958Tom L. Davis, 75, Ralls, died in Crosbyton Hospital at 5 a.m. Saturday after a brief illness.Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Emma Church of Christ with Charlie Watkins, Lubbock, officiating. Burial was in the Ralls Cemetery.
Davis was born in Lamar county, Tex., Sept. 9 1884. He moved to Foard county in 1915, and from there to Crosby county in 1924, farming near Cone.
A member of the Masonic Lodge for more than 50 years, Davis moved to Ralls in 1930 where he engaged in cotton buying until his death.
Survivors include his wife: five sons, Ragsdale, Ralls; Ralph, McAllen; D.J., Ft. Worth; Clay, Atlanta; Tom, Lubbock; three daughters. Mrs. Ruth Noble, Ralls; Mrs. Elizabeth Everett, Albuquerque, N. M.; Mrs. Marie Drew, Harlington;three sisters, Mrs. Janie Clarkson, Paris; Mrs. Claude Esterwood, Grannis, Ark.; and Mrs. J.G. Kockley, Blossom; two brothers, Jim of Ft. Towson, Okla. and Sam of Blossom; 22 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were C.C. King, E.E. Ferguson, W.E. McCauley, Boe Diggs, Doc Cooper, Rob Ashley, Curt Richards and Jimmie Adams.
©Ralls Banner, August 29, 1958
Submitted by Leni Noble Logan
Mrs. Amanda Davis, 84, of Ralls died at 8:30 a.m. Sunday in Ralls Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the First United Methodist Church at Ralls with the Rev. Vernon O´Kelly, pastor, officiating and the Rev. H.B. Coggins, retired pastor, and the Rev. Dale Cain, pastor of the Ralls First Baptist Church, assisting.Burial will be in Ralls Cemetery under the direction of Carter Funeral Home.
A native of Lamar County, Mrs. Davis moved to Ralls in 1924 from Ford County. Survivors include four sons, Ragsdale Davis of Ralls, D.J. Davis of Azle, Clay Davis of Texarkana, and Tom Davis, Jr. of Fort Worth; two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Noble of Ralls ad Mrs. Marie Swearingen of Harlingen, 22, grandchildren and 44 great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
©Lubbock Avalanche Journal, November 6, 1972
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