VINITA, Jan. 6.—Services for Judge James S. Davenport of the
state criminal court of appeals were conducted Saturday in
the First Presbyterian church with hundreds of the
75-year-old jurist’s homefolk enduring a snowstorm to
attend.
Rev. J.K. Story, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Fairview
cemetery here. Judge Davenport was a former mayor of Vinita.
Rites were held Friday in Oklahoma City, where he died
Wednesday.
Members of the immediate family were guests here of W.T.
Rye, city attorney and former law partner of Davenport, and
Mrs. Rye. Vinita Bar association members were honorary
bearers.
Active bearers were Dr. F.M. Adams, superintendent of the
Eastern Oklahoma State hospital here; H.R. Warner, Vinita;
Paul O. Simms, Vinita, former assistant United States
district attorney; Henry Vance, Tahlequah; Frank Bailey,
Vinita postmaster; Francis Goodpaster, Vinita, former state
representative; Page Grahan, Vinita, and Sam Cobb, Vinita.
From The Oklahoma, 1/7/1940
Donated by:
Emily Jordan
