USNA Cemetery Documentation Project
Cemetery Inventory Form
Summer 2005
Name: Davis, Ralph Otis Material:
Shape:
Features:
& Dorothy Benson
Granite
Tudor Tablet
- faces East
with
Plinth
and
Section/ Lot Number:
04- 0538 B
Cross on top
Type:
Ornamentation:
Category:
Private
Top center of monument has a USN/ Vice Admiral
row of three small stars.
USNA 1914
Civilian
Photograph:
Condition Assessment:
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bio growth
broken
chipped
detached from plinth
fallen
listing
offset
other: ____________
Comments:
- Stone is listing East.
Inscription (face):
RALPH OTIS DAVIS
Inscription (back):
DOROTHY BENSON DAVIS
VICE ADMIRAL. U.S. NAVY HIS BELOVED WIFE
19 JANUARY 1891
17 MAY 1900
15 DECEMBER 1967
4 NOVEMBER 1966
GRADUATED CLASS OF 1914 GRADUATED CLASS OF 1922
U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY
SMITH COLLEGE
“THEN IN THY MERCY GRANT US A SAFE LODGING
AND A HOLY REST AND PEACE AT THE LAST.”
DAVIS
Surveyor:
Hillori L. Schenker
University of Maryland
Date/ Weather Conditions:
07/05/05
sunny