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ObituariesJune 19, 1994

ZALMA -- Alta M. Davis, 83, of Zalma, died Saturday, June 18,1994, at her residence. She was born July 6, 1910, at Zalma, daughter of Oliver and Cordelia Corzine Jackson. She married George L. Davis, May 12, 1928, at Zalma. He died Nov. 30, 1992. Davis worked for the Bussman Fuse Company of St. Louis as a fuse tuber for 14 years...

ZALMA -- Alta M. Davis, 83, of Zalma, died Saturday, June 18,1994, at her residence.

She was born July 6, 1910, at Zalma, daughter of Oliver and Cordelia Corzine Jackson.

She married George L. Davis, May 12, 1928, at Zalma. He died Nov. 30, 1992.

Davis worked for the Bussman Fuse Company of St. Louis as a fuse tuber for 14 years.

She was a member of the Brush Creek Missionary Baptist Church.

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Survivors include a son, Avery Davis of Bloomfield; two daughters, Christine Jackson and Pearline Crites, both of Zalma; two brothers, Leland Jackson of Cape Girardeau, Orville Jackson of College Hills, Ill.; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son and a sister.

Friends may call from 5:30-8:30 p.m. today at the Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jewell Phegley and the Rev. Bill Sargent officiating.

Burial will follow in the Brush Creek Cemetery in Arab.

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