Attending a ceremony on Saturday at Smither Memorial Cemetery in Hudgins to honor Windmill Point lighthouse keeper William Edward “Eddie” Davis (1861-1932), a Mathews native, were, above from left, Paul Frankie of Newport News, Barbara Whitaker of Gloucester Point, Susan Powell of Weems, and Michael Frankie of Newport News. At right, serving as color guard for the ceremony were U.S. Coast Guard Flotilla 66 members, from left, Jim Gierlak, Nick Koch, flotilla commander Matt Smith, Ray Procopio, and Don Connolly.

Windmill Point lighthouse keeper William Edward “Eddie” Davis (1861-1932), a Mathews native, was remembered by the Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society for his 23 years of service in a ceremony on Saturday at H.C. Smither Memorial Cemetery at Hudgins. It was one of six ceremonies held on Saturday at cemeteries in Mathews. A USLHS grave marker and flag was placed at each gravesite.
Three of Davis’s descendants—Barbara Whitaker of Gloucester Point and her bro...