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- Bonnie, age 2, is listed as daughter on the 1930 Douglas Co., Missouri census in the HH of William Stafford.
Missouri Marriage Records
Name: Bonnie Stoffard
Age: 19
Race/Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: abt 1928
Marriage Date: 1 Feb 1947
Marriage Location: Douglas, Missouri
Marriage County: Douglas
Spouse Name: Mr Chester R Davis
Spouse Age: 21
Spouse Race/Ethnicity: White
Marriage Book 13
Bonnie Irene Stafford Davis, 85, of Covenant Place, Sumter, S.C., passed from this life on Aug. 23, 2012. She was the daughter of the late William and Erica Garrison Stafford. She was born April 29, 1927, in Iowa, and spent her childhood in Douglas County, Mo. She married the late Chester Ronald Davis on Feb. 2, 1947, and the moved to western Kansas. She worked alongside her husband for 35 years in their State Farm Insurance agency in Ulysses, Kan. Upon retirement, they moved to Bishopville, S.C., to be closer to their children. Mrs. Davis was a member of the First Church of God, Ulysses, Kan., and attended St. Andrews Church of God in Bishopville, S.C. She loved to embroidery and spent many, many hours making beautiful quilts and baby quilts to give to missionary families around the world. Her favorite music was piano and instrumental gospel hymns. She loved her family and was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She is survived by two sons, R. Dewayne Davis (Lucinda) of Spartanburg, S.C., and S. Mark Davis (Cindy) of Bishopville, S.C. She is also survived by three grandchildren, A.J. Davis (Renee) of Pickens, S.C., Kelly Ann Davis of Scott Air Force Base, and Nolan Davis of Florence, S.C., and one great-granddaughter, Kamryn Davis, Pickens, S.C. Other survivors include sisters-in-law, Bonita Stafford, of Ava, Mo., Wilma Stafford, Augusta, Kan., and Velma Duckworth, of Ava, Mo; brothers-in-law, Bob Davis, Hugoton, Kan., and Max Davis; and several nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by grandson Cale Davis, brothers, Harry Stafford, Harrison Stafford and sisters, Nadine Murray and Maxine Basler. Services and interment were held on Aug. 26, at St. Andrews First Church of God, Camden, S.C. (Douglas County Herald, Ava, MO, Thursday, September 6, 2012, p. A2, Col.1)
Burial: St. Andrew Church of God Cemetery, 4238 Red Hill Road, Camden, SC 29020 (The Item, Sumter, SC, Saturday, August 25, 2012)
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