Reta Isabel Davidson

1923 - 2007  (84 years)

• Name	Reta Isabel Davidson
  Born	17 Apr 1923	Tidnish Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Between 1942 and 1951  [2]
  	a teacher
  Residence	Feb 1994–APR 2003	Lower Shinimicas, , Nova Scotia, Canada   [3, 4, 5]
  Died	29 Jun 2007	Upper Nappan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [2]
  Obituary	30 Jun 2007	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada   [2]
  	the Halifax Chronicle Herald
  	Obituary Reta Isabel Smith (Davidson) 1923-2007 SMITH (Davidson), Reta Isabel - Lower Shinimicas, Cumberland Co., passed away on Thursday, June 28, 2007, in Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre in Upper Nappan. Born in 1923 at Tidnish Bridge, N.B., she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Bertha (Strang) Davidson. She was a graduate of the Provincial Normal School, and taught for nine years at schools in West Amherst, Fenwick, Salem, Amherst Shore, Lorneville and Tidnish Bridge before her marriage in 1951. In later years she worked as bookkeeper for Cumberland Rural Telephone Co. She was an active member and treasurer of the Lower Shinimicas UCW and the Sunrise Senior Citizens for many years. She is survived by her husband, Morley; sons, Alford, Lower Shinimicas; Arthur, Toronto; daughters, Karen (John MacLeod), Dartmouth, and Sheila, Lower Shinimicas; sister-in-law, Mildred Davidson, Pointe Claire, Que., and nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brothers, Herbert (Kay), Edwin, Arnold and Arthur, and her sisters, Jessie (in infancy), Jennie (Victor) Smith and May (Thomas) Read, as well as half-sister, Margaret (Cyrus) Smith, and half-brother, William (Muriel) Davidson. Visitation will be held in Furlong-Jones Chapel (64 Church St., Amherst) on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will be held on Monday at 2 p.m. in Furlong-Jones Chapel conducted by Rev. Stephen Longmoore, with interment in Riverside Cemetery, Tidnish Bridge. Donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia, Canadian Diabetes Association or Sunrise-Trinity United Church. www.furlongjones.ca and www.thechronicleherald.ca
  Buried	Riverside Cemetery, Tidnish Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I40088	Arthur - Research
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2008

  
  

  Father	Arthur Davidson,   b. Abt 1859,   d. Bef Feb 1994  (Age ~ 135 years)
  Mother	Bertha May Strang,   b. 15 Jul 1884, Tidnish Bridge, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 1969  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F12341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Morley Elmer Smith,   b. 22 Jun 1923, Lower Shinimicas, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 26 Jul 2010, Upper Nappan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	15 Sep 1950  [1, 3]
  Children	1. Alford Lloyd Smith   2. Arthur Morley Smith   3. Karen Elizabeth May Smith   4. Sheila Isabel Smith
  Family ID	F13737	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Feb 1994–APR 2003 - Lower Shinimicas, , Nova Scotia, Canada Obituary - the Halifax Chronicle Herald - 30 Jun 2007 - Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Reta Isabel Davidson (1923 - 2007) Reta Isabel (Davidson) Smith (1923 - 2007), dau of Arthur Davidson and Bertha Strang, wife of Morley Smith

  
  

• Sources

  [S1393] Info: Sandra (Read) Webb, Interviewed by Pamela (Owen) MacRae, Sep 2003 (Reliability: 2). [S695] Obituaries: General, Halifax Chronicle Herald, 30 Jun 2007, www.thechronicleherald.ca. [S695] Obituaries: General (Reliability: 2). extracted from Halifax Herald CD [S695] Obituaries: General, Arthur Robert Roland Davidson, Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 4 Aug 1997 (Reliability: 2). extracted from Halifax Herald CD [S695] Obituaries: General, Jennie Smith, Moncton Times & Transcript, 10 Apr 2003 (Reliability: 2).