Individual Details
Homie Addison Davis
(4 Aug 1926 - 23 Sep 2012)
ENC, US NAVY
WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM
It took five cancers to kill Homie. Any less would have never worked. He spent over fifty years with the great love of his life, his wife Mai Davis. They met overseas where she was a bartender for the U.S. Government. The story goes that after two years of serving him "Perfect Martinis" he had no choice but to marry her. After they married Homie retired from the Navy as a Chief Petty Officer. He decided to move back home to Pensacola. A 20 year career at NARF brought him to his next retirement at age 62.
He built a house on the water and loved watching the boats go by. He then started his third career as a Master Golf Club Builder. He loved all the people who came across his path.
Homie leaves behind his wife Mai Davis. The apple of his eye, Ian Addison Ford, his only grandchild. He also leaves behind his 4 children: Jeff Davis, Patti Durant (Ed), Mei Ling Davis and Joe Davis. His sisters Rosa Andrews and Nanelle Russ (Jim). And a family referred to as the cast of hundreds.
He had time to say all his goodbyes. He had time to sail all the seas. He left nothing undone.
A Memorial service will be held at Barrancas National Cemetery on Wednesday October 10th at 2:00 PM with full military honors.
No flowers and no after party.
Donations in his memory can be sent to the American Cancer Society.
"Through eighty-six years of perpetual motion
If he likes you he'll smile and he'll say, some of it's magic, some of it's tragic
But I had a good life all the way"
Fair winds and following seas.
Published in Pensacola News Journal on October 7, 2012
WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM
It took five cancers to kill Homie. Any less would have never worked. He spent over fifty years with the great love of his life, his wife Mai Davis. They met overseas where she was a bartender for the U.S. Government. The story goes that after two years of serving him "Perfect Martinis" he had no choice but to marry her. After they married Homie retired from the Navy as a Chief Petty Officer. He decided to move back home to Pensacola. A 20 year career at NARF brought him to his next retirement at age 62.
He built a house on the water and loved watching the boats go by. He then started his third career as a Master Golf Club Builder. He loved all the people who came across his path.
Homie leaves behind his wife Mai Davis. The apple of his eye, Ian Addison Ford, his only grandchild. He also leaves behind his 4 children: Jeff Davis, Patti Durant (Ed), Mei Ling Davis and Joe Davis. His sisters Rosa Andrews and Nanelle Russ (Jim). And a family referred to as the cast of hundreds.
He had time to say all his goodbyes. He had time to sail all the seas. He left nothing undone.
A Memorial service will be held at Barrancas National Cemetery on Wednesday October 10th at 2:00 PM with full military honors.
No flowers and no after party.
Donations in his memory can be sent to the American Cancer Society.
"Through eighty-six years of perpetual motion
If he likes you he'll smile and he'll say, some of it's magic, some of it's tragic
But I had a good life all the way"
Fair winds and following seas.
Published in Pensacola News Journal on October 7, 2012
Events
| Birth | 4 Aug 1926 | ||||
| Death | 23 Sep 2012 | Escambia County, Florida | |||
| Burial | Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida |  |  |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Hinton Joseph Davis (1900 - 1994) |
| Mother | Nannie Ella Adkins (1899 - 1978) |
| Sibling | Clarence Clovis Davis (1932 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Nanelle Davis (1929 - 2018) |
Notes
Burial
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