Arrena Hicks Davis (1888-1971)
Picture 1: Arrena Hicks Davis as a young mother in 1916. Floyd Davis is the baby in her lap. The picture was taken by Joseph Hicks at Hippo, Kentucky.
Picture 2: Taken at Davis' funeral in March of 1971. Pictured are her husband Alka and eight surviving children as of that date. Back: Annie Shepherd, Sarah Reffett, Hattie Hughes, Rady Davis, and Joseph Davis. Front: Clara Hughes, Floyd Davis, Alka Davis, William (Jug) Davis. The picture was taken at Pyramid, Kentucky.
Davis lost only one child, Jimmy, to disease. He died of dysentery when he was ten despite all efforts. All her other children lived to adulthood.
Davis always churned her milk with a silver dime to stave off witches, wolves, and disease.
Submitted by Floyd D. Davis
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Wilburn Frazier and Floyd Davis at gravesite
Pictured is Wilburn Frazier and Floyd Davis (child) on the very top of a mountain standing by a freshly decorated grave. The grave is that of Windfield Castle, located at the head of Beech Branch.
This picture was taken shortly after the burial, where both the body and the tombstone had to be delivered by mule and sled.
1955
Submitted by Floyd D. Davis
Funeral of Sarah Jane Reffett
Sarah Jane Reffett (in her coffin) surrounded by her children and family. Edna Castle Davis is second standing from the left, supported by her cousin and former teacher Alma Lowe. The picture was taken at the John G. Reffett Cemetery in Pitts Fork.
1941
Submitted by Floyd D. Davis