Death Of An Aged Lady.
Mrs. Annie Davie (mother of Gen. P.J. Phillips and Mrs. Henry Moffett of this city, and of Dr. G.W. Phillips and Maj. A. Phillips of San Jacinto, Texas), died at the residence of her grand-daughter, Mrs. Robert Flournoy, in Russell county, Ala., of apoplexy, on Saturday last-aged eighty years, one month, and one day.
She was a daughter of Capt. Geo. Nix, of the Revolutionary army, and was born at Guilford Court House, N.C., July 29th, 1793. She was first married to Gen. Charles Phillips in 1813, and removed to Jones county, Ga., in 1817, and a few years thereafter to Ellerslie, Harris county, where, in 1836, General Phillips died. She was married a second time, in 1840, to General Ambrose Davie of Kentucky, and removed with him to Garrettsville, in that State, where she continued to reside till the death of her second husband in 1863. She then returned to Georgia, and has since resided with her children and grandchildren in this city. She was a member of the Baptist Church, and was baptized at Bethel in this county in 1834, by Rev. Mr. Waldrup. She was a lady of wealth and education, as well as a Christian, in deed and in truth. During the last few years she was a constant reader of the Bible, and seemed at all times ready and willing to depart and be at rest. When death came she passed away without a struggle and without a regret.
Mrs. Davie was fully acquainted with the pioneers of Muscogee and Harris counties, and thoroughly versed in the early history of this section. When she first settled above here in 1827, Columbus was a savage wilderness. But she has gone at last, full of years and honors, and with full preparation for the home of the good.
Source: The Daily Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia, Tuesday, September 2, 1873; Pg. 3
NOTE: I previously posted the above obituary on PHILLIPS message board but think it is only fitting that I also post it to our PHILLIPS forum.
