MEMORIAL CEMETERY
ANDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS

Stone has fallen forward, face in the sand Born:  10 January 1925 - Houston, Harris, Texas Died:  29 July 1988 - St. Mary's Hospital - Rochester, Minnesota Father:  George Spencer Mother:  Maude Davis Spouse:  Nay Butler - 1942 Spouse:  Ollie Ruffin Beloved mother, grandmother, companion

Services for Mildred Lucille Davis, 63, of 1007 South St., Palestine, will be at noon Wednesday at West Union Baptist Church with the Rev. Donald R. Lacy officiating.  Burial will be at Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Davis Funeral Home. Mrs. Ruffin died Friday at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester,Minn. She was born in Houston on Jan 10, 1925, a daughter of Maude ____Davis and George Spencer.  After her parents died, she was reared in Palestine by her grandparents, Al and Senora Davis. She graduated in 1941 from Lincoln High School.  She married Nay Butler in 1942 and had one daughter, Senora Butler.  Later she married Ollie Ruffin. For most of her adult life, she lived in Houston and was a member of Mount Corinth Baptist Church.  She returned to Palestine in 1984 to care for her aunt, Lucille Davis Chun, who preceded her in death on Jan. 2, 1988. She was a member of West Union Baptist Church, the Order of the Eastern Star Naomi Chapter No. 50, and the Heroines of Jericho No. 459, Pride of Palestine. She is survived by her daughter, Senora Butler of Chicago; two grandchildren; and a devoted friend Marlin Taylor of Paelstine.

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furnished by the Anderson County Historical Commission and the pages
were compiled by Beverly Bailey Odom and Scott Fitzgerald.

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