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In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 506 East Spruce, Floyd Davis, 28, farm laborer; wife Marie, 26; children Willie, 10, Thelma, 5, Ella M., 3, and Floyd Jr., 2 months; and roomer Eddie Simmons, 25, tobacco farm laborer.

In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Willie Davis, 22, farm laborer, lodger in the household of white farmer Edward H. Suggs, 49.

In 1940, Willie Abert Davis registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 7 April 1919 in Wilson; lived at 528 Smith Street, Wilson; his contact was mother Marie Jones Davis; and he worked at American Suppliers, Inc., Wilson.

On 11 April 1946, Willie A. Davis, 27, son of Floyd Davis and Marie Burnett Davis, married Inez Dublin, 24, daughter of William and Isabell Dublin, in Wilson.

In the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Nathan Jefferies, 68, unable to work; Bessie Jefferies, 42, housekeeper; Willie Davis, 31, hogsheads maker at tobacco factory, and wife Inez Davis, 26, house cleaner.

Willie A. Davis died 27 August 1971 in Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was born 7 April 1919 to Marie Burnett; was married to Inez Dublin Davis; lived at 902 Atlantic Street and was a laborer.

Image courtesy of Veterans of World War II Wilson County, spiral-bound volume, Wilson County Public Library.