Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameEdith Viola DAVIS
Birth Date28 May 1918
Birth PlaceAllen, Hughes County, Oklahoma
Death Date21 May 2005 Age: 86
Death PlaceChildress, Childress County, Texas
Burial PlaceChildress, Childress County, Texas, Childress Cemetery
FatherAugustus Gus DAVIS (1889-1935)
MotherNannie Alice LANGLEY (1895-1982)
Spouses
Birth Date11 Aug 1921
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, Kings County, New York
Death Date31 Jul 1988 Age: 66
Death PlaceFlushing, Queens, New York
Burial PlaceCalverton, Suffolk County, New York, Calverton National Cemetery
OccupationWWII Marine, ACKBTW, US MARINE CORPS
Family ID8579
Marr Date18 Sep 1943
Marr PlaceOnslow County, North Carolina
Notes for Edith Viola DAVIS
SGT US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II

CHILDRESS - Edith Wachter, 86, died Saturday, May 21, 2005.

Mrs. Wachter was born May 28, 1918, to Gus and Nannie Langeley Davis. She married Frank Wachter at Camp Lejune, NC in 1945.

Survivors include two daughters, Carol Rothwell of Childress and Teresa Malskis of New York; a son, Phil Wachter of New York; two sisters, June Price of Clarendon and Dot Grasso of Monroe, CE; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Amarillo Globe-News, May 22, 2005

On Find A Grave. Her grave plaque list SGT US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II?

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