"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 140, No 22, p 455, June 3, 1946.
William Ernest, son of Milton S. and Mary Ford Davis, was born in Doddridge County, W. Va., on March 9, 1866, and died in Lost Creek, W. Va., April 9, 1946.
He was a loyal member of the Lost Creek Church throughout his life, except for a few years during which his membership was with the church at Alfred. He was married to Gertrude Gardiner on January 1, 1891, by President Allen of Alfred.
His close survivors are his wife; two sons, Max H., and T. Edward; one daughter, Dora Gardiner Davis; and one brother, Albert G. Davis.
The funeral service was in charge of his pastor and burial was in the Lost Creek Church Cemetery. M. C. V. H.


Census: 1880 Grant, Harrison Co., West Virginia: age 14

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 164, No 2, p 16, Jan. 13, 1958.
Gertrude Gardiner Davis, daughter of Dr. Theodore L. and Emily Place Gardiner, was born at Hebron, N. Y., May 29, 1871, and died at her home at Lost Creek, W. Va., Dec. 12, 1957.
She was baptized at Shiloh, N. J., September 2, 1884, and became a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. In early girlhood she had the responsibility of caring for her father's parsonage home. (Dr. Gardiner served as pastor of several Seventh Day Baptist Churches, as president of Salem College for 16 years, and for many years as editor of The Sabbath Recorder.) She attended Alfred University and while a student she was united in marriage there to William E. Davis, on January 1, 1891. Mr. Davis died in 1946.
A loyal and active member of the Lost Creek Seventh Day Baptist Church for more than sixty-one years, Mrs. Davis served faithfully in many ways and she worshipped every Sabbath with the church up until her death.
Surviving are two sons and a daughter: T. Edward, Salem, W. Va.; Max H., Chicago, Ill.; and Miss Dora G. Davis, Parkersburg, W. Va. An older daughter, Susie G. Nepps, is deceased. Also surviving are an aunt, Miss Arta Place of Alfred, N. Y.; two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial services were conducted at the church by her pastor, the Rev. Duane L. Davis, and burial was in the church cemetery. D. L. D.

Census: 1880 Shiloh, Cumberland Co., New Jersey: age 9