Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameThomas Willis Davis
Birth15 Feb 1924, Tahoka DTX
Death2 Jul 1990 Age: 66
Spouses
1Cleo Pauline Chappell , 4th Cousin
Birth1 Jul 1923, Bennington, Bryan Co OK
Death9 Oct 2006, Sherman, Grayson Co TX Age: 83
FatherWalter Wesley Chappell (1887-1965)
MotherRhoda Elizabeth Wood (1897-1983)
Marriage22 Jun 1956, Clovis, Curry Co NM3790
ChildrenPatricia
Notes for Thomas Willis Davis
Thomas Willis Davis3790

SHERMAN — Thomas Willis Davis, 66, of Sherman died Monday, July 2.

Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 6, at Westhill Cemetery in Sherman. Waldo Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

Mr. Davis was born Feb. 15, 1924, in Tahoka, Texas, a son of Letus and Vera Wilkinson Davis. He married Pauline Chappell on June 22, 1956, in Clovis, N.M. He was a mechanic at Sherman Metal Co., retiring in 1976. He attended Tahoka schools and served in the Army during World War II and the Korean War.

Surviving are his wife; two sons, James Arnell of Fort Worth and Bobby Skates of Fort Worth; four daughters, Alice Minchey of Sherman, Linda Jackson of Sherman, Joyce Bridgers of Paris and Patricia Braziel of Fort Worth; a brother, L.B. Davis of Lubbock; two sisters, Lucille Gates of Lubbock and Nora Davis of Woodfield; 19 grandchildren and 14 great- grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Notes for Cleo Pauline (Spouse 1)
Social Security Claims Index

Jan 1943: Name listed as CLEO ARNELL;
Nov 1947: Name listed as PAULINE WILKINS;
Jul 1949: Name listed as CLEO PAULINE SKATTS;
Dec 1954: Name listed as PAULINE SKATES;
Jun 1956: Name listed as PAULINE SKATTS SELLERS;
Jul 1962: Name listed as PAULINE DAVIS
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