TITLE:  Leon N. Davis

SOURCE: The Beaufort Gazette, June 8, 2001

SUBMITTED: The Beaufort Gazette

FORMATTED: Kim Grissom, June 2001

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Leon N. Davis
Leon N. Davis, 84, of Beaufort, a brother of Lucille D. Culberson and 
LaVerne Gayles, died Thursday, June 7, 2001, in his residence. 
Marshel's Wright-Donaldson Home for Funerals, Beaufort, is in charge. 
(The Beaufort Gazette, June 8, 2001)

Leon N. Davis
Leon N. Davis, 84, of Beaufort, died Saturday, June 7, 2001, at his 
residence. Services will be at noon Tuesday at First African Baptist 
Church with burial with military honors in Beaufort National Cemetery. 
Mr. Davis was born April 17, 1917, in Beaufort, a son of Rev. Highland 
and Florie B. Davis. He was a 1936 graduate of Robert Smalls High 
School. He moved to Savannah and became an active member of the First 
African Baptist Church. He entered the U.S. Army during World War II 
and served in the Pacific Theater. He attended Lincoln University in 
Jefferson City, Mo., majoring in journalism. In 1952, he accepted a 
position on the advertising staff of the African-American newspaper, 
The Louisville Defender. He returned home to Beaufort earlier this 
year. Surviving are four sisters, Helen Williams of Lake View Terrace, 
Calif.; Gloria Dent of San Francisco, Calif.; Lucille Culberson and 
LaVerne Gayles of Beaufort. (The Beaufort Gazette, June 11, 2001)

Marshel's Wright-Donaldson Home for Funerals is in charge. 


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