Benton Davis^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1905 - 1998  (~ 93 years)

• Name	Benton Davis
  Born	Abt 1905
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Sep 1998	Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Buried	Glendale Methodist Church Cemetery
  Person ID	I98185	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Hugh L. Davis,   b. 10 Sep 1876, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Dec 1966  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Bobbie Haun,   b. 28 Dec 1878,   d. 3 Mar 1908  (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F35709	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Gladys Thomas,   d. Bef 30 Sep 1998
  Married	Abt 1939
  Children	+ 1. Bobbie Davis
  Family ID	F36611	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 30 Sep 1998 - Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 72. [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 269. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 2 Oct 1998. Benton Davis, 93, of Parrottsville, passed away Wednesday morning, September 30, in Cosby, at the home of his daughter, Bobbie Garver. Benton attended Forrest Hill Baptist Church in Parrottsville. He was preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, Gladys Thomas. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Bobbie and Fred Garver, of Cosby; sisters, Pauline Street, of Johnson City, Ruby and her husband, Leroy Cobble, of Morristown; sisters-in-law, Margaret Davis, of Bybee and Mary Kate Davis, of Morristown; brother, Fred and his wife, Virginia Davis, of Talbott; brothers-in-law, Albert Thomas, of Parrottsville, and Dewey and his wife, Evalena Thomas, of Bybee; grandson, Mark and his wife, Jacki Garver, of Cosby; great-grandchildren, Bruce Garver, of Pigeon Forge, and Allie Garver and Eric Garver, of Cosby. The funeral was at 2 p.m. Friday, October 2, at the Brown Funeral Chapel with Rev. Robert Walker and Rev. Jim Dampier officiating. Interment was in the Glendale Methodist Church Cemetery. The nephews served as pallbearers. The family received friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday evening at Brown Funeral Home. Brown Funeral Home is in charge.