• Born: 27 October 1912, Cecil, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
• Marriage (1): Virginia HANSEN about 1942 in prob Colorado, USA ¹
• Died: 8 May 1970, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA at age 57

  General Notes

from http://www.pagenweb.org/~fayette-obits/obits/d17a.htm
accessed 29 April 2013

Harold L. DAVIS   Photo  ( -1970)

Rev. H. L. Davis Dies At Age 58

Rev. Harold L. Davis, 58, pastor of the Harbor of Light Chapel, Inc., Uniontown, died suddenly at 9:30 this morning in his home at 375 Union St. Ext. Rev. Davis and his wife, Virginia, and their accompanist, Helen M. Stephenson, founded the Harbor of Light Radio Ministry over Radio Station WMBS in 1941. In 1946, this ministry was incorporated as a non-profit religious organization and ground was broken the same year for the chapel at 1 Evergreen Terrace. Under the leadership of Rev. Davis, the People's United Church of the Harbor of Light Chapel, Inc. was formed and organized in October, 1948, to hand together the followers of his radio ministry who had no church and to fulfill the need of a New Testament Church in Uniontown. The radio program has been aired over WMBS daily since its founding by Rev. Davis in 1941.

He was born in Cecil, Pa. and educated at Cecil Twp. High School and the Western Pennsylvania Bible Institute and Seminary. He specialized in union campaigns in churches of all denominations, and his evangelistic party traveled throughout the nation before settling in Uniontown in 1941.

Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Edna Lehman, of Bakersfield, Calif.; Mrs. Ruth Scheid, of Lock Haven, Pa.; and a brother, Rev. Samuel Davis, of Toledo, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Hansen Davis, in April 1969. Funeral arrangements are incomplete under the direction of the Dearth Funeral Home, New Salem.

The Evening Standard, Uniontown, PA, Friday, May 8, 1970, page 1, columns 3&4,
continued to page 5, column 5

REV. H. L. DAVIS

The Rev. Harold L. Davis, 58, of Uniontown, pastor and founder of the Harbor of Light Chapel of Uniontown, died Friday morning in his home. He was born in Elizabeth, and attended Cecil Township High School. He entered the Western Pennsylvania School of the Bible in Pittsburgh, and later took special work at the United Presbyterian Seminary. He joined the First Baptist Church of Blairsville in 1930. He was ordained to the Christian ministry in August of that year and served his first communion in September. In 1938, he took a pastorate in Denver, Colo. There he met and married Virginia Hansen, who died last year. While traveling through Pennsylvania in 1940 and 1941, Rev. and Mrs. Davis and their accompanist, Helen Stephenson, made a successful visit to Scottdale, then decided to begin a gospel broadcast from Uniontown. In 1946 this ministry was incorporated as a non-profit religious organization, and ground was broken for the chapel. The People's United Church of the Harbor of Light Chapel, Inc., was organized in October 1948 to bring together the followers of the radio ministry who had no church. The radio program has been aired daily over WMBS since its founding. Rev. Davis is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Edna Lehman of Bakersfield, Calif., and Mrs. Ruth Scheid of Lock Haven, and a brother, Rev. Samuel Davis of Toledo, Ohio.

Note from contirbutor: Burial in LaFayette Memorial Park

The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, Saturday, May 9, 1970, page 19, column 7

Contributed by Marilyn Tolentino <SFFoster at aol.com>

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  Recorded Events in His Life

• He appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census on 27 January 1920 in Cecil, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA. Samuel Davis      30
  Nora Davis        27
  Harold Davis       7
  John Allen Davis   5
  Edna Mae Davis     2 6/12

• He appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census on 19 April 1930 in Cecil, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA. Nellie Allen    60
  
  Samuel Davis    40
  Nora Davis      37
  Harold Davis    17
  Allan Davis     15
  Edna Davis      12
  Blossom Davis    7
  Samuel Davis     4
  Robert Allen    23

• He had a residence in 1935 in Bridgeville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA.

• He appeared on the 1940 US Federal Census on 1 April 1940 in Bridgeville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. Samuel Davis     50
  Nora M Davis     47
  Harold L Davis   28
  Allan J Davis    25
  Edna M Davis     22
  Ruth H Davis     17
  Samuel Davis     14

Harold married Virginia HANSEN about 1942 in prob Colorado, USA.¹ (Virginia HANSEN was born about 1914 in prob Colorado, USA ¹ and died in April 1969 in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA.)