HEAVENLY HOMECOMING

This is the hard cover, colored copy of Heavenly Homecoming. This book can also be purchased in softback copy. Heavenly Homecoming is about a brother and a sister who raised very large families. This book is about their lives and their children's lives. Many amazing, funny and sometime sad stories are included. Ida Bates Davis married at a very young age and took on the responsibility of raising 14 children by her husbands first marriage. She went on to have 8 children of her own. Her brother, Travis Bates, raised 11 children. This book also includes documents and letters that were written during war times. Hope you enjoy reading about this amazing family! The death of Betty Jean Davis Lane in 2016 ended the immediate family of Ida Bates Davis. The death of Rosie Desmond Bates Miller in 2016 ended the immediate family of Travis Bates. Now they are all gathered together again in their Heavenly Homecoming.