March 10th 1939 – Late Mr T Davies

Goytrey Man Who Was in Business at Pontnewynydd

Mr Theophilus Davies, of The Wern, Goytrey, who had been in business at St Luke’s Road, Pontnewynydd, as a newsagent and tobacconist since 1908, died on Monday.
Because of failing health he had been unable to conduct his business personally since last August and he was, for four months, a patient at Sully Hospital.
He returned home before Christmas and died there. He was 64. A wife, Mrs Blodwen Davies, two sons and two daughters survive.
Mr Davies was a native of Llanstephan, Carmarthenshire.
He was an ardent Welshman and regularly attended the Welsh Presbyterian Church at Llanover.