Edna ("Eddi") Himmer Davies
(1943-2011)
Newspaper clippings from the Baltimore Sun in 1966
Discovered and submitted by Eddi's Aunt, Mary Martin, in 2010

Engaged to Mr. Davies

    The engagement of Miss Edna Alberta Himmer to Mr. Landon Brooke Davies, Jr., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Landon Brooke Davies of East Lake Avenue, has been announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Himmer, Jr. of West 42nd Street.

    A graduate of Hood College, Miss Himmer is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leland V. Newnam of Weldon Avenueand the late Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Himmer of Baltimore.

    Mr. Davies, a graduate of St. Paul's School, received his B. A. degree from Lehigh University. He is the grandson of Mr. John Franklin Davies of Queenstown, formerly of Catonsville, and the late Mrs. Davies, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Sherbourne Roome of Hyattsville.

    Plans are being made for a December wedding.

Married to Mr. Davies

    The wedding of Miss Edna Alberta Himmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Himmer Jr. of West 42nd Street, and Landon Brooke Davies, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Landon Brooke Davies of East Lake Avenue, took place Monday, December 26, at the Hampton Methodist Church.

    The Rev. C. Gordon Clews performed the ceremony. A reception was held at the Mount Washington Club.

    Escorted by her father, the bride was attended by her sister, Mrs. Frank M. Zahrobsky of Wichita Falls, Texas, as matron of honor. The other attendants were Miss Olga V. Boriakoff of Washington, formerly of Buenos Aires, Miss Margo Enrich of Thurmont, Mrs I. Reese Smith of Brookville, Pa, sister of the bridegroom, Miss Darlene S. Glanville and Miss Holly W. Robinson.

    The best man was Lt. John Franklin Davies 2nd, USAF. The ushers were Mr. George W. Campbell of Putnam, Conn., Mr. Douglass B. Forsyth, Mr. Robert D. Cheel, Mr. I. Reese Smith, and Capt. Frank M. Zahrobsky, USAF.

    The bride is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leland V. Newnam, of Weldon Avenue, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Himmer of Baltimore.

    The bridegroom is the grandson of Mr. John Franklin Davies, of Queenstown, formerly of Catonsville, and the late Mrs. Davies, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sherbourne Roome, of Hyattsville.

Eddi was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, attended Baltimore City Schools, and graduated from Eastern High School (across the street from Memorial Stadium).

She won a full scholarship to Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, where she majored in Elementary Education, with a minor in Biology.

Eddi began her teaching career in Anne Arundel County Schools, but transferred to Baltimore County after she married Brooke Davies. She taught first or second grade in public schoools for a total of five years. Eddi and Brooke became involved in youth ministry with their church, Central Presbyterian in Towson, and later with Youth for Christ.

They have remained active at Central Pres, where Eddi has served as a Sunday School Teacher and a member of the choir. Brooke and Eddi also directed the Summer Day Camp at the church for six years.

They spent one year in Tallahassee, Florida, where Eddi served as chairman of the Leon County School Volunteers, an inter-racial group of concerned citizens that helped the community adjust to a court-ordered busing plan to integrate the public schools. She also served as a tutor in the Laubach adult literacy program.

They worked for three summers at the Silver Bay Association, a YMCA conference center on Lake George (in upstate N.Y.). Eddi had also worked there one summer during college.

After Landon and Mary Margaret were born, Eddi became a full-time Mom, except for occasional substitude teaching, until Mary was in high school.

Eddi then returned to work as a teacher, first at the day care center at St. Paul's School, and later at St. Joseph's in Cockeysville, where she taught kindergarten.

Eddi also returned to college to earn a Master's degree in Reading Education at Towson University, and she then became a Reading Specialist in the Baltimore County Public Schools.

In 2004, Eddi and Brooke retired to Charleston, SC, and became proud grandparents.

Eddi had been a brain tumor survivor since December, 2008, but she died on August 4, 2011.
Please read "Eddi's Story" on the MUSC Brain Tumor Support Group page.

Readings from her burial and memorial services are posted on another page:
"Celebrating the Life and Resurrection of Eddi Davies".

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