St. Clair County Obits

OREN CLARENCE DAVIS

Osceola Library files
Oren Clarence Davis, 77, of Rt. 4, El Dorado Springs, passed away on Thursday, August 9, in St. John’s Hospital in Springfield. He was born in St. Clair County, Mo., to Burl Daniel and Henrietta Bean Davis on September 10, 1906. He was married to Tina Mae Turpin on September 10, 1928. She preceded him in death in September of 1979. One daughter was born to this union. He was a retired truck driver and lived all of his life in St. Clair County, in and around the Tiffin vicinity.
Survivors include the daughter, Norma Taylor, of Tiffin, and a host of friends and neighbors.
Services were held on Monday, August 13, at the Tiffin Baptist Church with Rec. Gordon Mizer officiating. Music was supplied by Lois Francis and Pam Wallace and vocalists were Herman Jones and Mildred Moore. Burial was in the El Dorado Springs City Cemetery under the direction of the Hackleman-Peterman Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Paul Eye, Clell Reed, James R. Mundy, Ray Francis, George Ray Francis and Earl Myers. Honorary pallbearers were Earl Moore, Jay Counti, Neil Coleman, Elton Markham and Clarence Taylor.