Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: January 10, 1983
• Invested on: March 04, 1983

Frances Jean Bailey, M.B.
Darla Jean Davenport, M.B.
Medal of Bravery

On the night of 16 July 1981, Darla Davenport and her mother Frances Bailey combined efforts in an attempt to rescue a woman from a burning house in Kingsville. The two had arrived on the scene moments after they had been alerted by a passerby. Hearing the woman moaning inside the living-room they entered at once, crawled on hands and knees, and found her lying on a burning sofa, her clothes in flames. Though the dense smoke forced them to retreat several times for fresh air, undaunted they repeatedly re-entered, once using a jacket and, later, a garden hose in order to douse the fire. Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Davenport showed persistence and determination in trying to save the victim from this tragic event.