More detail on this person: Patrick "Pat" Davis 72, of Piedmont, formally a longtime resident of Marlow and Duncan passed away Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020 at Integris Hospice House in Oklahoma City. Graveside funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020 at the Marlow Cemetery and arrangements have been entrusted the family care of Carter-Smart Funeral Directors. Pat was born Feb. 21, 1948 in Marlow, to Druvod (Durb) W. and Opal Fern (Fulton) Davis. He was raised in Marlow and attended the Marlow schools and graduated from Marlow High School with the class of 1966. He attended and graduated from Cameron University in 1970. Pat was president of the first graduating class of Cameron University. He was a member of Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity, Who Among Students In America University and Colleges. He paid his way to college by teaching swimming and water safety, and by working through the Department of the Interior at the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge as a lifeguard. Upon graduation from Cameron University, he was commissioned into the United States Army. He married Brenda Moss and together began a three year journey with the Army. First to U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Training at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, from there to Fort Wolters, Texas for Primary Helicopter School. Then to Fort Rucker, Alabama for U.S. Army Rotary Wing Training, with another at Fort Campbell, Kentucky training before going to Viet Nam. Pat was discharged from the United States Army with the rank of a First Lieutenant in July 1973, he was employed with Oklahoma Farm Bureau Insurance Company in Mangum. He then worked as a real estate appraiser with Duncan Savings and Loan, and when the Lawton Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company opened in 1978, Pat was in the group of early employees. He worked in many arrears starting as a manager of the control room, quality control, accounting and retiring as a senior buyer in purchasing in 2010. He and Brenda were members of Life Church in Oklahoma City. Pat was preceded in death by his parents: Durb and Fern Davis, his in-laws: Brooks and Maxine Moss and younger brother Tony Davis. Pat is survived by his wife, Brenda of the home; three sons: Brian Davis and his wife Stephanie of Broken Arro; Kelly Davis of Marlow; and Scott Davis and his wife wife Jessica of Edmond; grandchildren: James Davis, Claire Davis, Jayce Davis and Chance Davis; a brother and numerous nieces and nephews.
Burial information: Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, OK
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