Photograph of Charles and Georgia Davis with Arthur and Willa Townsend

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A black-and-white photograph of four poeple posed in outside with trees in the background. From left to right they are Dr. Charles Alexander Davis, Mrs. Georgia Davis, Mrs. Willa Ann Townsend, and Dr. A rthur Melvin Townsend at the Davis residence on the occassion of going to the Tennessee Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention as part of the Women's Auxiliary Convention's 40th Anniversary. On the back of the photograph is an inscription handwritten in pencil [40th Anniversary / of / Women's Auxiliary / Convention / Dr + Mrs. C A Davis / Dr. + Mrs. A M Townsend / taken / at home of Dr + Mrs / C A Davis / Sunday morning / Oct 27, 1940 / Tennessee Bapt / M+E Convention].

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