DAVIS, Walter Edwin

Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona Monday, June 28, 1943, page 3 Death Claims Walter Davis Walter Edwin Davis, Aged 64, died yesterday morning at 10:55 o'clock at his home, 864 Valley street, Miller Valley, following a heart attack on June 8. He suffered a stroke last Sept. 19. Mr. Davis, the youngest of four children, born Sept. 1, 1878, in Lowell, Ohio. He came to Prescott in 1901 and operated meat markets here and in Humboldt until 1908, when the family moved to Tehachapi, Calif., where he owned and operated a meat market. In 1918 the family moved to Santa Barbara where he owned and operated two meat markets until his retirement from active business in 1930, when the family returned to Prescott to make their home. The following year he built the home on Valley street. On May 17, 1904, he was married to Mrs. Susie Robbins Merrill, a sister of former sheriff Robert M. Robbins. and a member of a pioneer Prescott family. The couple reared Mrs. Davis' daughter, Mrs. Maude Merrill Day, now of Santa Barbara, and a nephew, Herbert H. Robinson, who now resided in San Leandro, Calif. Mr. Davis occupied several positions of honor in Masonic circles. He was a past master of the Masonic lodge No. 313, and a past patrdn (sic) of chapter 188 of the Order of Eastern Star in Tehachapi; a past high priest of the Royal Arch Masons, Prescott chapter No. 2, and a past patron of Golden Rule chapter, No. 1, Order of Eastern Star. He owned one of the largest individual collections of arrow heads in the southwest. These had been gathered by himself and his wife in various parts of Arizona and some from California. In later years, he took great pride in growing prize vegetables, which he enjoyed sharing with his friends. In addition to his wife, step-daughter and nephew, he is survived by a brother and two sisters: Frank W. Davis of Baltimore, Mrs. Edgar S. Brown and Mrs. Fred D. Shuman of Lowell. His sisters visited him here about two years ago. Mrs. Day returned to her home just recently after having spent two weeks at her father's bedside. Two nephews, Dick Robbins of Tempe and Tommy Robbins of U. S. marine corps at Sand Diego visited him last week and his brother-in-law and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Robbins of Clarkdale, were frequent visitors. A brother-in-law, Willis Robbins, of Los Angeles, is expected to come for funeral services. Mr. Davis radiated happiness wherever he went and was greatly loved by a host of friends who mourn his passing. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Lester Ruffner Funeral Home.