Kittie Mae “Mama Kid” Burns Davis

1903

Kittie Mae “Mama Kid” Burns was born about 1903 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA a child of Charlie Burns and Mammie Jones Burns.

1920

Kittie Mae Burns was counted in the census on 06 Jan 1920 in Wateree, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 17-year-old, female, single, black, daughter. Also in the home was her father, Charlie Burns; her mother, Mamie Burns; and her sisters, Luell Burns and Lucreacie Burns.

2005

She died on 20 May 2005 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA. She was buried on 23 May 2005 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA at Fort Clark Baptist Church Cemetery. 

Kittie Davis

COLUMBIA – Homegoing Service for Kittie Mae “Mama Kid” Burns Davis, of Columbia, will be held 1 p.m. Monday at Fort Clark Baptist Church in Elgin with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Mother Davis will be placed in the church at noon on Monday.

Bostick-Tompkins Funeral Home has been entrusted with these services.

Mrs. Davis died peacefully, Thursday, May 20, 2005, surrounded by her family. Born in Blaney, S.C., she was the beloved daughter of the late Charlie Burns and Mammie Jones Burns, and the widow of Lankford Davis.

Kittie was a retired employee of Richland School District I, where she was worked at Fairwald Elementary School. Mother Davis was a long-time, active member of Fort Clark Baptist Church in Elgin.

Mrs. Davis was preceded in death by a daughter, Marian Qualls; and two sisters, Lueal Hardy and Charlesina Kelly.

Surviving are her loving son, Willie Davis, and loving daughter, Thomasina Davis; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; sisters, Rebecca Coleman, Nora B. White and Rosa Lee Pollard.

May 29, 2005  State (published as The State)  Columbia, South Carolina
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