This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Karen_Jorgensen Surnames: Davis, Fogg, Guernsey, Conley, Slinker Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.green/17636/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Oliver Clarence Davis, 47, retired furniture manufacturer, died early Saturday morning at Kentucky Baptist Hospital, Louisville. He was a former resident of Green County, and was born and reared in the Donansburg community. Employed for 25 years at the Mengel Co. in Louisville, he founded his own firm, Furniture Products Co., at New Albany in 1949 to manufacture television cabinets. Illness forced him to sell the business last year. He was a member of Plumb Lodge of Masons, and a Shriner. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Fogg Davis; three sons, John Marshall, William Sinclair and, Robert Lewis Davis; a daughter, Mary Jayne Davis, all of Louisville; a brother, Lanis Davis, of Pierce; two half-brothers, the Rev. J. G. Davis of Louisville and Ernest Davis of Donansburg; three half - sisters, Miss Leorah Davis, Mrs. Mattie Wood Guernsey and Mrs. Ella Mae Conley, and his step-, mother, Mrs. Alverdia Davis, all of Donansburg. Funeral services were held Monday with burial! in Cave Hill Cemetery. Obituaries of Green Co. Ky., Vol. 2, compiled by Eunice Montgomery Wright, p. 52 Green Co. Review, Vol. XII, NO. 1, Fall 1988, p. 11: Oliver C. Davis, born 17 Sept 1904; male; born alive,; born in Pierce, Ky.; father: F.J. Davis; Mother: A.V.D. Slinker; white; father born in Pierce, Ky; mother born in Pierce,Ky; resides in Pierce, Ky. 1910 Ky. Miracode census index, ancestry.com Fleming J Davis; Enumeration District: 0045; Color: W; Age: 36; Birth Place: Kentucky; Visit: 0061; County: Green; Relation: Husband; Relatives: Wife Alverda 22, Kentucky; Son Lanis W 09, Kentucky; Son Oliver C 05, Kentucky Kentucky Death Index, rootsweb DAVIS OLIVER C; age 47; death place JEFFERSON; residence JEFFERSON; death date 10 May 1952 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.