LEGACY - Hutchins & Sons Furniture and Undertaking - Davis, OK
N 34° 30.260 W 097° 07.243
14S E 672526 N 3819681
A ghost sign for Hutchins & Sons Furniture and Undertaking is barely visible today on the south side of a building now occupied by Miss Sarah's Antiques and Artistry, 201 E Main St, Davis, OK.
Waymark Code: WMH93Z
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/09/2013
Views: 10
Miss Sarah's closed over the last few years, and when a new tenant moved in, the ghost sign was covered up.
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Near the corner of the building, approaching the sidewalk, is a plaque that says:
Hutchins & Sons
Furniture &
Undertaking
Established 1904
Indian Territory
Richard Bawden Hutchins
Proprietor
Funeral Director
& Embalmer
Minnie Laura Cox Hutchins
Wife & Mother of Seven
Thamazin, Gladys, Alfred,
George, Joe, Dorothy & R.B.
First Licensed
Lady Embalmer
in the State
Of Oklahoma
Mrs. Hutchins's Findagrave entry (
visit link) has a little bit of information about her and her husband, and it references an exhibit in the Davis Museum:
"Mr. and Mrs. Hutchins and their sons operated a funeral home in Davis from 1904 until 1949 when they sold to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Bahner. When Oklahoma became a state in 1907, they had to take the state test for morticians licenses. His was license number 30 and hers number 44."