Body to Lie in State, Vinita Rites and Burial Will Be
Saturday
Funeral services for Judge James S. Davenport of the
criminal court of appeals will be in the Hahn funeral home
Friday at 2 p.m., with Rev. Paul S. Wright, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, officiating.
The body will lie in state at the capitol from 10 a.m. until
noon. A second service will be at Vinita, Davenport’s home
city, Saturday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Vinita’s Fairview
cemetery.
Judge Davenport died of a heart ailment in the Biltmore
hotel lobby Wednesday.
Active bearers will be J. Berry King, Carl Sebring, W.C.
Lewis, Ray O. Weems, William Hobbs, E.L. Neff, Paul Hoheisel
and P.G. King.
Honorary bearers, including state officials, former
officials and friends of Davenport on the eastern side of
the state will be: [a very long list of names omitted]
[another article dated 1/6/1940 about the Davenport funeral
proceedings was omitted]
From The Oklahoma, 1/5/1940
Donated by:
Emily Jordan
