Delmar D. Davis (Camdenton)'s Obituary
Delmar Dean Davis was born 30 April 1926 to Frank Stanley Davis and Flossie Ammorette Sewell in Wayne, Nebraska. He came into this world at 4:30 p.m. in the same house in which his mother was born. That house was built for his grandmother, Helen Marion Sewell, by his great-grandfather Stephen Milton Cutler, as part of her dowry. His heritage goes back to Tegid, born 314 A.D. in Wales and to Clodius, the Ancestor of Charlemagen born 6 A.D., in the land of the Franks.
His schooling was in Wayne unitl 1939 and then graduation from high school at Harrisonville, Missouri in 1944. After one term at William Jewell College, he volunteered and served from 4 December 1944 until August 1947 in the United States Merchant Marine. He was Radio Officer aboard 4 types of vessels sailing the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and the Ionian, Agean, Adriatic, Caribbean, Mediterranean, North, Celtic and Tyrrhenian Seas, as well as the Panama Canal and the Gulfs of Mexico and St. Lawrence. Upon completion of the delivery of Marshal Plan Relief goods to a great deal of the world he came to Camden County and started a small tourist business that evolved into the firm known as Davis Baskets.
He was the last of a group of men who founded the rural fire organization that is Mid County today. He spent 40 plus years as a member of the First Baptist Church serving in many positions and as a Deacon. In his 70th year he visited the land of his forefathers in Wales and Cornwall.
He enjoyed church life from the time he accepted the Saving Grace offered through Christ until he was called Home. He greatly enjoyed this life and gave thanks for all the blessing he had received, the greatest of these being his daughters, Leesa Gail and Lynne Anne. He was a trial to them.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 14, 2020 in Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home of Camdenton, Missouri. Burial will follow in Dale Blair Memorial Cemetery, Camdenton, Missouri. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. till 7:00 p.m., Monday, January 13, 2020 in the funeral home.
Memorial donations may be made to Dale Blair Memorial Cemetery or Dogwood Animal Shelter and left at the funeral home.
Arrangements are under the direction of Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home, Camdenton, Missouri.
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