John H. Davis, 95, of Temple and formerly of Cameron, died Saturday, October 19,2013 in a Temple nursing facility. Graveside services will be 4:30 pm Wednesday at the Oak Hill Pavilion in Cameron with Rev. Doug Budd officiating. Visitation will be 3:00 pm until service time Wednesday at Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home.
Mr. Davis was born May 13, 1918 in Tracy, Texas to John H. Davis and Myra Gilleland Davis. Growing up in Milam County, he graduated from C.H. Yoe High School and Massey Business College in Houston. He returned to Cameron and beginning his career at the Citizens National Bank, married to Grace Markham in 1939. He served in the 307th Infantry Division during World War II and received the Purple Heart for wounds received on Okinawa. Returning to Cameron after the war, he resumed his employment with Citizens National Bank where he spent forty-five years and retired as president. He was an elder of the First Presbyterian Church and a member of many civic organizations.
Mr. Davis was born May 13, 1918 in Tracy, Texas to John H. Davis and Myra Gilleland Davis. Growing up in Milam County, he graduated from C.H. Yoe High School and Massey Business College in Houston. He returned to Cameron and beginning his career at the Citizens National Bank, married to Grace Markham in 1939. He served in the 307th Infantry Division during World War II and received the Purple Heart for wounds received on Okinawa. Returning to Cameron after the war, he resumed his employment with Citizens National Bank where he spent forty-five years and retired as president. He was an elder of the First Presbyterian Church and a member of many civic organizations.
John H. Davis, 95, of Temple and formerly of Cameron, died Saturday, October 19,2013 in a Temple nursing facility. Graveside services will be 4:30 pm Wednesday at the Oak Hill Pavilion in Cameron with Rev. Doug Budd officiating. Visitation will be 3:00 pm until service time Wednesday at Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home.
Mr. Davis was born May 13, 1918 in Tracy, Texas to John H. Davis and Myra Gilleland Davis. Growing up in Milam County, he graduated from C.H. Yoe High School and Massey Business College in Houston. He returned to Cameron and beginning his career at the Citizens National Bank, married to Grace Markham in 1939. He served in the 307th Infantry Division during World War II and received the Purple Heart for wounds received on Okinawa. Returning to Cameron after the war, he resumed his employment with Citizens National Bank where he spent forty-five years and retired as president. He was an elder of the First Presbyterian Church and a member of many civic organizations.
Mr. Davis was born May 13, 1918 in Tracy, Texas to John H. Davis and Myra Gilleland Davis. Growing up in Milam County, he graduated from C.H. Yoe High School and Massey Business College in Houston. He returned to Cameron and beginning his career at the Citizens National Bank, married to Grace Markham in 1939. He served in the 307th Infantry Division during World War II and received the Purple Heart for wounds received on Okinawa. Returning to Cameron after the war, he resumed his employment with Citizens National Bank where he spent forty-five years and retired as president. He was an elder of the First Presbyterian Church and a member of many civic organizations.
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