ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: DAVIS, DR. JOHN J., JR.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, Covington, La.

Died Saturday, June 18, 2011

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DAVIS, DR. JOHN J., JR.
(May 20, 1925 - June 18, 2011)

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Dr. John J. Davis, Jr. passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at age 86.

Beloved husband of 62 years to Mary F. Davis.

Loving father of Jacqueline Davis, Joan Davis, Sandra Quilio, John Davis, III 
(and wife Faye), Sylvia Davis, Susan Wyrick M.D (and husband Kevin) and Michael 
Davis (and wife Karen). Son of the late Gladys Whitehead Davis and John Jennings 
Davis. Brother of Winnie Schilling, Albert Davis, Dorothy Davis and the late 
Gladys Fowler, Esther Smith, Richard Davis and Elsie Pacht. Grandfather of 
Joseph Quilio (and wife Melissa), Ann Quilio, Jennifer Wyrick, Stephen Wyrick, 
Jillian Davis, Cassie Davis, Kaitlin Davis and Mallory Davis. Also survived by 
three great-grandchildren.

Dr. Davis graduated from LSU Medical School in 1948. He was an Associate 
Pathologist at Mercy Hospital in New Orleans (1949-1967) and served in the U.S. 
Army during the Korean War at Fort Chaffee Arkansas as Chief of Pathology 
Service. From 1967-2002, he served as Medical Director of Pathology at Jeff 
Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian, MS and retired to Mandeville, LA 
in 2004.

Relatives and friends are invited to the funeral Mass at E.J. Fielding Funeral 
Home, 2260 W. 21st Avenue, Covington, LA 70433 on Wednesday, June 22, 2011at 
1:00 PM with visitation on Wednesday from 10:00 AM until Mass time.

Interment will follow in Mandeville Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in memory of Dr. Davis be made 
to Hospice of St. Tammany.

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