 comfort family comfort family ray mon 7092012 1147 comfort family louise milles comfort 18881989 and edward comfort 18831969   courtesy of joycelyn comfort barlowmarch 2012 edward comfort 18831969 was born in louisiana probably new orleans it appears that he may have been an orphan as a person with his name and approximate age was an inmate at the waif s industrial home at beauvoir in 1900 this institution was founded by dr reverend alfred e clay 18521900 a native of chester england and a methodist episcopal south minister in new orleans reverend clay was president of the louisiana society for the prevention of cruelty to children and the waif s home on clio street in the crescent city he expired at his home in new orleans in early september 1900 sd moody replaced reverend ae clay at the beauvoir waif s home  the daily picayune september 2 1900 p 4 and the biloxi daily herald september 4 19001 p 8 and october 14 1900  edward comfort married louise milles 18881989 in harrison county mississippi on january 30 1907 the wedding took place at the home of louise milles ferdan the wife of julius ferdan 18711931 at 420 delauney street the reverend cb crawford of the episcopal church of the redeemer performed their nuptial ceremony the newly weds planned to live on main street in biloxi mississippi  the biloxi daily herald january 31 1907 p 1 and harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 18 p 536 louise milles was a native of mississippi and the daughter of joseph milles 18551900 an 1870 austrian immigrant and louise knoch 18661920 native of nola and the daughter of john knoch 18301913 and christine weiss 18251923 john knoch was born at hamburg germany and lived at nola for 57 years christina weiss was a native of hessedarmstad germany they were living at 4914 constance street in the crescent city when they expired on january 19 1913 and june 26 1923 respectively lepre 1991 p 80 and  the daily picayune january 26 1913 p 22 and the times picayune june 28 1923 p 22  louise knoch had married joseph millis 18551900 or milles at nola in september 1883 he was known as mexican joe and was killed in an accident at ship island in july 1900 while loading lumber on the teodora de larriniga  a british steamship out of liverpool england the joseph milles family lived on magnolia street he was a member of the gulf coast timberman s association and the spanish benevolent association louise knoch milles remarried in january 1902 to julius ferlan 18711931 an austrian immigrant oyster boat captain  the biloxi daily herald july 21 1900 p 8 and harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 13 p 344  viola comfort 19081999 and william sydney davidson 189931941  viola comfort edward comfort and louise milles comfort were the parents of viola comfort 19081999 she was born at biloxi mississippi on february 16 1908 viola comfort had married william sydney davidson 18931941 called sydney in her parent s home at 209 keller place on october 7 1925  the daily herald october 8 1925 p 2  sydney davidson was the son of william m davidson 18551905 a biloxi native and margaret ledden 18631925 who was born at new orleans and the daughter of jeremiah ledden and margaret o brien she had come to biloxi circa 1885 the william davidson family resided at 514 bohn street when she expired on april 4 1925 mrs davidson was survived by four children alethia e davidson 18901965 married alfred g brunet 18901948 william sydney davidson 18931941 married viola genevieve comfort 19081999 harold james davidson 18941982 married louise faye bellande 18981974 and calvin arnold skinny davidson 19011971 married audrey virginia harrison 19122003 margaret l davidson s corporal remains where interred in the biloxi cemetery a daughter olga davidson smith 18991920 preceded mrs davidson in death having expired on january 20 1920  the daily herald april 6 1925 p 3  viola c davison and sydney davidson were the parents of two children joycelyn davidson b 1928 m george earl barlow 19282012 and kenneth comfort davidson b 1931 m mary elizabeth fabacher b 1932 and mary ott tremmel sydney made his livelihood as a lineman for the mississippi power company they davidson family also were domiciled at 209 keller place sydney passed on july 26 1941  the daily herald july 28 1941 p 5   joycelyn louise davidson and george earl barlow 19282012  joycelyn l davidson married george earl barlow 19282012 at biloxi mississippi on june 20 1948 they were the parents of craig sydney barlow m pamela jane pisarich and george e barlow jr harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 77 p 317 and harrison co mississippi 2nd jd circuit court mrb 23 p 232 george was born in aberdeen sd and had been a resident of biloxi since 1950 he was an usaf veteran of wwii and a member and former vestryman at the episcopal church of the redeemer former member of the jaycees and reverlern carnival association he was employed at american national life insurance company for over 30 years mr barlow is survived by his loving wife of 64 years joycelyn davidson barlow two sons george butch barlow jr kathy and craig s barlow pam one sister margaret blackmon four grandchildren bradley samantha barlow brennan barlow mike barlow and amber barlow and brotherinlaw dr kenneth mary ott tremmel george expired on june 26 2012 and his funeral service was held at the episcopal church of the redeemer on thursday june 28 2012 the howard avenue chapel of bradfordo keefe is in charge of arrangements with internment in the biloxi cemetery the sun herald june 27 2012  kenneth comfort davidson kenneth comfort davidson b 1931 attended biloxi schools and matriculated to loyola university at nola where he studied dentistry he married mary elizabeth fabacher b 1932 the daughter of john birchman fabacher 181982 and edna wade 18991988 on september 3 1955 in the most holy name of jesus catholic church at nola dr davidson served two years in the us army in the dental corps at fort chaffee arkansas he and mary beth and their two children returned to the mississippi coast in july 1959 the davidson family settled in gulf hills and kenneth built a dental office at ocean springs by december 1970 the family relocated to 1364 west beach to the william wilson sutcliffe 18501934 1898 home at 1364 west beach in biloxi known children stephan fabacher davidson m charlotte leone kirkpatrick  the times picayune august 25 1955 p 63 and the daily herald july 21 1959 p 14  edward comfort expired at biloxi mississippi on august 24 1969 mrs comfort lived until january 24 1999 their corporal remains were interred in section 6 of the biloxi cemetery  references  the biloxi daily herald   rev alfred e clay   september 4 1900 the biloxi daily herald   city news   october 14 1900 the biloxi daily herald   marriagescomfortmilles   january 31 1907 the daily picayune   rev alfred e clay dead   september 2 1900  the daily herald   davidsoncomfort   october 8 1925  the daily herald   wm sidney davidson dies   july 28 1941 the sun herald   george e barlow   june 27 2012 250 views  