Mr. Clifton Davis, age 47, a resident of 61 [11th] Avenue, Chickasaw, Alabama, passed away Wednesday morning, February 24 [1971], in a Pensacola hospital. He was retired from military service. He was a native of Walton County.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Augusta Davis of Chickasaw, Ala., one son, Charles Davis of Mobile, mother, Mrs. Bessie Davis of Lakewood, two brothers, Buddy Davis of Lakewood and Junior Davis of Montgomery, five sisters, Mrs. Hazel Kemp of Paxton, Mrs. Arie Fox and Mrs. Merle Clark of California, Mrs. Maggie Chambers of Marianna. Fla., Mrs. Annie Sue Stedranky of Chicago, Ill.
Funeral services were held Friday at 11 a.m. from Evans Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend J. L. Harris and Revered Jerry Bailey officiating. Burial followed in the Almarante Cemetery at Laurel Hill with Graveside Military Honors. Evans Funeral Home directed.
[Source: The DeFuniak Springs Herald, March 11, 1971, Page 10]
[Burial: Almarante Cemetery, Laurel Hill, Florida]