Willie Muggins Hendrix Davis was the daughter of William Carrol Hendrix and Ava Sarah Catherine Thomas Hendrix. She married James Burgess Davis July 12, 1903 in Limestone Co. Ala. They lived all their life in Limestone Co. They had 9 children, 8 who lived. They were Dewey, Iva Lee, Hayden, Nina Dee, Hettie Ree, baby boy stillborn, Billy, Irene and Helen Davis. She died at the home of her son, Hayden Davis on June 25, 1955 in Athens, Alabama. She was buried at Hesters Chapel Cemetery beside her husband James Burgess Davis. Also beside her is her parents and on the other side is her youngest daughter Helen and her husband. All of her children are buried at Hesters except for Billy and he is buried in Athens, Ala at Roselawn Cemetery.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
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