Reuben Jay Davis, son of Luther and Permilla Davis, was born near Humboldt, Neb., February 28, 1870. He died at his home in the Sand Hills, northeast of Ord, August 29, 1941.

He was the youngest of a family of five. At the age of eleven, he with his three brothers was baptized by Rev. H. B. Lewis and united with the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Long Branch, Neb.

On December 25, 1891, he was united in marriage to Miss Hannah Van Horn, and they made their home on a farm near Humboldt. Later they moved to a farm near Dighton, Kan.; then to Farnam, Neb., where they became charter members of the Farnam Seventh Day Baptist Church. In 1919, they moved to a farm near North Loup, and ten years ago they moved into the Sand Hills northeast of Ord. To this couple was born three sons and four daughters. Two of the sons died in infancy.

Mr. Davis was a man of prayer and a great lover of the Bible and sacred songs. He studied the Bible daily and but few knew or could quote the Scriptures as could he. Since living in the Sand Hills he was too far from his church to attend regularly, but each Sabbath, he with other members of the family who lived near, met in his home and conducted together a Sabbath school and church service. He was a deacon in the North Loup Church.

He is survived by his wife; four daughters: Mrs. Edna Babcock, Mrs. Marie Brannon of North Loup; Mrs. Leona Thorngate of Battle Creek, Mich.; and Mrs. Lucile Swanson of Rosedale; and a son Aubrey of Rosedale, Neb.; a brother Fidello Davis of North Loup; fifteen grandchildren, and a host of friends. Funeral services were conducted from his church in North Loup, by his pastor, A. Clyde Ehret. Burial was in the local cemetery.

The Sabbath Recorder, Vol 131, No 25, p 428, Dec. 22, 1941.