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'''James "Jimmie" Houston Davis''' (September 11, 1899 – November 5, 2000), was a famous gospel and popular music singer who served two non-consecutive terms as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] governor of [[Louisiana]], 1944 to 1948 and 1960 to 1964.
'''James "Jimmie" Houston Davis''' (September 11, 1899 – November 5, 2000), was a famous gospel and popular music singer who served two non-consecutive terms as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] governor of [[Louisiana]], 1944 to 1948 and 1960 to 1964.
He was originally from Quitman near Jonesboro in Jackson Parish in north Louisiana. He is interred beside his first wife in Jackson Parish.
He was originally from Quitman near Jonesboro in Jackson Parish in north Louisiana. He is interred beside his first wife, the former Alverna Adams, at the Jimmie Davis Tabernacle Cemetery east of Jonesboro in Jackson Parish. His son, James William "Jim" Davis (1944-2012), was a farmer from Newellton in Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana, where the former governor owned considerable property.
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