Obituary - Robert R Davis

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Edmond Sun, Edmond, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma, Thursday, May 20, 1954.
OBITUARY...
Robert R. Davis, a retired army major, died Sunday of a cerebral hemorrhage in the Edmond hospital. Services were at 2:00 pm Tuesday in the Baggerly funeral home. He was born in 1886 in Pennsylvania and joined the army in 1904. He served in the Philippines, and in 1907 was sent to South Dakota to aid in quieting the Ute-Indian uprising. Nine years later he served on the Mexican border with the forces of Gen. John J. Pershing. From 1935 to 1940 he was district adj. of C.C.C. During World War I, he went overseas with the American expeditionary forces, and in 1921, Davis was stationed in Oklahoma City with the 2nd military area, remaining here until his retirement in 1933 with the rank of major. For the past 21 years, with the exception of two years during World War II when he was recalled to active duty, Davis had made his home in Edmond with his wife the former Lenora Baldwin. In addition to his wife, Davis is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Roberta Whelan of Brooklyn, New York, and Muriel and Lorene Davis, both of 3016 North Robinson; three sisters; two brothers; and a granddaughter all of Connecticut. Burial was in Gracelawn cemetery.