Individual Details

Ernest Gamble Davis

(3 Mar 1915 - 6 Feb 1989)

The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, Tuesday, February 7, 1989: Mr Ernest Gamble Or Buck Davis, 73, of 4001 Ridgecrest Ave. died Feb. 6, 1989, at home. Funeral is 2 p.m. Wednesday at Thomasboro Presbyterian Church, where he was a member. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at McEwen Funeral Home, Charlotte chapel. Mr. Davis, a High Shoals native, was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran. He was retired superintendent for the City of Charlotte motor transport department, retiring in 1977 after 40 years. He was a Paw Creek High School graduate. He was a deacon, elder and choir member at his church. He also was a Vangard Sunday school class teacher. Survivors are his wife, Jean; son, Ernest Davis Jr.; daughters, Mrs. Sheryn Faucette of Fredericksburg, Va., Mrs. Jennifer McKellop; sisters, Mrs. Mabel McCord of Watkinsville, Ga., Mrs. Bessie Walker, Mrs. Mary Bennett; five grandchildren. Memorials can be made to American Heart Association, 1300 Baxter St., Suite 101, Charlotte, N.C. 28204.

Events

Birth3 Mar 1915Gaston Co., North Carolina
Marriage1946Norma Jean Defabaugh
Death6 Feb 1989Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina
BurialForest Lawn West Cemetery, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina

Families

SpouseNorma Jean Defabaugh (1924 - 2004)
ChildSheryn Davis ( - )
ChildErnest Gamble Davis Jr. ( - )
ChildJennifer Davis ( - )

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