MARTHA ORA “MATTIE” DAVIS WAS BORN IN MISSISSIPPI AND MOVED TO TEXAS AS AN INFANT.  SHE EARNED A TEACHING CERTIFICATE IN 1884 AND IN 1889 MARRIED WILLIAM H LUCAS.  ACTIVE IN CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND WOMEN’S CLUBS, MATTIE SPEARHEADED MANY CIVIC IMPROVEMENTS IN GRAYSON COUNTY, INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CARNEGIE LIBRARY, HOME FRONT WAR WORK, THE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF LOCAL HISTORY.  HER EFFORTS TO COMMEMORATE THE TEXAS CENTENNIAL RESULTED IN THE PLACEMENT OF SEVERAL HISTORICAL MARKERS SHE CO-AUTHORED THE FIRST HISTORY OF GRAYSON COUNTY PUB­LISHED JUST DAYS AFTER HER DEATH IN 1936.