This is transcribed in the interest of Hiram Davis' genealogy, and history. It is transcribed as it was written, such as it is. ---------------------------------------------------- Clarke County Democrat, Grove Hill, Alabama May 18, 1938, page 1 Uncle Hiram, 109, Dies At Thomasville Uncle Hiram Davis was sitting on the steps of a little plantation shack back in 1833. He was just thee years old but he loved the music of the guitars and loved to hear the darkies singing "Old Black Joe." He loved to follow his old black mammy to the fields and play in the rich, good earth. He enjoyed watching his good master ride by on a big, black horse and praise his "niggers." Happiness in the quarters pleased his master and his slaves were a people because he was good and kind. That evening he watched the stars fall on Alabama, but he wasn't afraid because his mammy said "De good Lawd" would look out for his people. Years passed and Abraham Lincoln said he was a free man. He was carried up North but after the was he came back to his master. He didn't like that "Yankee suit" he was wearing and asked for some decent clothes and a place back in the old shack close to his people. Humble, kind and wise, he counseled with his race to be obedient and law abiding. He taught them about God who was all-powerful and loving, and gave them faith during the trying period of reconstruction. Uncle Hiram died last Monday at the age of 109, and he had all the love and respect among both races a man of any station can have. Uncle Hiram was a good man.-Thomasville TImes ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.