Homer Davis, Navy Veteran and Longtime Alabama and Georgia Baptist Leader, Dies at 98
The Ashford, Ala., native pastored in three states, served the Georgia Baptist Convention and kept filling pulpits as an interim pastor in retirement.
See where this is ›ASHFORD, Ala. —
Joseph Homer Davis Jr., a pastor and longtime church, association and state convention leader in Alabama and Georgia, died Oct. 19. He was 98, The Alabama Baptist reported Nov. 4.
Davis grew up in Ashford, in the southeast corner of Alabama, and graduated from Ashford High School. He served on active duty in the U.S. Navy at the end of World War II, then earned degrees from the University of Alabama and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
See where this is ›He was pastor of several churches in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. He also worked for the former Columbia Baptist Association, now the Southeast Baptist Association, and for the Georgia Baptist Convention, based in Atlanta.
After he retired, Davis moved back to Ashford and served as interim pastor at numerous churches in Alabama, Georgia and Florida. He remained a member of Bluff Springs Baptist Church in Ashford. For 24 years he sat on the board of the Blanche Davis Moore Foundation of Corpus Christi, Texas, 14 of them as chairman.
His wife of 58 years, Glenda Agee Davis, died before him. He is survived by four children, Joseph Davis of Taylors, S.C., Paul Davis of New Berlin, Wis., Tom Davis of Melbourne, Fla., and Amy Davis Byars of Auburn; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The report did not list a funeral or memorial service. Memorial gifts may be made to the J. Homer Davis, Jr. Memorial Scholarship, c/o New Orleans Baptist Seminary, 3939 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70126.
