The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-12-21
GEORGE w. DAVIS ANSWERS
DEATH ANGELS SUMMONS =
Earth Gives Back To Heaven A
Christians Soul

| The final debt to Nature, the SUM
mons to the Great Beyond. as a fit
ting reward for a long and usetu
life, came at ten o'clock SATURDAY.
night to George w. Davis, Paris
grand old man, pioneer bushes.
man and Christian gentleman
known and revered by every man
! woman and child in Paris. Mr.
Davis had been an invalid for the
past two years.. being unable te
leave his home. Death came as the
result of the burden of years, he
having passed the ninety-third mile
stone in life journey filled win
cares, sorrows, and trials, yet which
had its silver lining, a life illumincd
with the bright sun of a Christian's
faith.
The funeral was held at the
Presbyterian church, yesterday af.
ternoon at $50 o'clock, with SER
vices conducted by Rev. Theodore S.
Smylie, pastor, assisted by Rev
Frank j. Cheek, of Danrille, life:
long friend Of Mr.. Davis. The in
terment followed on the family lot in
the Paris Cemetery, where the COM
mitment services a: the grave were
conducted by members of Bourbon
Lodge, No. 26, I. O. o. F., the lod &c
attending in body. The pa1l-bear-
ers were elders in the Presbyterian
church, r. P. Dow. DR.. J. T. Van
SAINT, James Dodge, Robert Meter,
James D. McClintock, Sam Willis
and Wallace w. Mitchell.
George w. Davis was born IN
Paris on February 6, 1927. He was
a son of George M. Davis, one of the
pioneer residents Of Bourbon county,
who settled in Riddles Mills at an
early speriod in its history He re
ceived his early training in the
schools Of his day. In 1843 he was
apprenticed to ]. P. Kern to learn
tho cabinet making business, at
which he continued until he had
finished his apprenticeship. In 1848
he went into business for himself,
being compelled to do so by the fact
that his employer went out of bust
ness and left no opening for young
cabinet maker, such as Mr.. Davis
was.
When he first began there were no
railroads in this section and precti
cally all the furniture used in Ross-
nd nf 70 n In ~
counties was manufactured by Mr..
Davis. Mr. Davis had number Of
apprentices learning the trade,
among them John T. Hinton, after
ward one CT the wealthiest and most
influential business men of Paris.
MIR. Davis continued in the furniture
and undertaking business until fore
ed to retire because of advancing
age and ill-health, the business being
conducted in his name by his sons,
George r. Davis and Rudolph
Davis He was a devoted member
of the Presbyterian church, for years
Superintendent of the Sunhtd
school and for almost the full period
of his long life al elder in the
church. He was the oldest living
member of Bourbon Lodge I. o. 0.
F., of Paris.
In 1851 he was married TO Helena
Miller, daughter of Jacob and Julia
Miller. To this union eight chill
dren were born, three of whom are
living, George r. Davis. Owen l.
Davis and Rudolph Davis, all of this
city.
Mr. Davis was a man of generous
impulses, and his was heart of
gold. He never forgot the dues OF
hospitality. He was at home oy the
bedside of the sick and delighted in
all kinds of neighborly Offices. He
had borne adversely bravely ald
enjoyed prosperity. quietly. He had
filled the various relations of life.
as son, father, husband, brother and
friend and had filled them well.
There was daily beauty about his
life which won every heart. II
temperament he was mild, concilia-
tory and candid, and yet had an I'M
compromising firmness. He gained
when and where he Scent
ed least to seek it. He believed In
the fatherhoood of God and the
brotherhood of man. He believed
that the man ,or woman who let into
the dark places Of life the sunshine
of human sympathy and human hap
piness, was following in the footsteps
of his Master. and he practiced this
in his daily life. He at all times and
under all circumstances walked III
the well-beaten path of. righteous
ness. In the last moments the bright
faith that had sustained him through
life grew brighter and brighter as
he approached the Infinite. and the
final gloom Of death was dissolved
before the radiance of that faith.
Could we all live the just and up
right life, Mr.. Davis lived, and died
in his trusting faith. death could no
longer be called 1.-THE King of Ter
rors." fer he inspired no terror
there.
| His death has brought the bitter