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Monday, June 02, 1997 Page:
Murray Davis
May 30, 1997
Murray “Bud” David Jr., 79, of Pinnacle Towers, Wellsboro, and formerly
of
Forty Fort, died Friday at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital,
WellsboroBorn in Forty Fort, he was the son of the late Murray and Mary
Seitz Davis Sr. He lived in Kingston and Forty Fort before moving to Wellsboro
where he lived for more than 10 years.
He graduated from the former Forty Fort High School and Keystone Junior
College.
He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Prior to his retirement in 1972, he co-owned Dallas Kitchen Cabinet Co.,
Dallas, for many years. Later, he taught at Luzerne County Human Resources.
He was preceded in death by a brother, William F. Davis; and sisters,
Dorothy Davis, Doris Anderson, and Nellie Tretheway.
Surviving are his wife, the former Elizabeth Ward; a son, Dr. Murray C.
Davis III, Tucson, Ariz.; a daughter, Mrs. Sally A. Rankin, Sterling, Va.; a
brother, C.R. Davis, Point Pleasant, N.J.; sisters, Mrs. Ruth Myers, Forty
Fort; Jane Davis, Leraysville; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday from the Hugh B. Hughes & Son
Inc. Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. The Rev. Dr. William D.
Lewis, pastor of the Forty Fort United Methodist Church, will officiate.
Interment will be in Denison Cemetery, Swoyersville.
Friends may call from 1 p.m. until the time of services Thursday.