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Rogers Co. Obit for: Donald William Davis 
Submitted to the Rogers County Oklahoma Archives 
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Rogers County Archivist: Bill Cook, wcook14024@aol.com
Date: 4/30/2002 by: Bill Cook, wcook14024@aol.com
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Originally published on Thursday 21 March 

Donald William Davis



Services for Donald William Davis will be 10 a.m. Friday, March 22, 2002 in the 
Chapel of the Garden at Rice Funeral Service with Rev. Phillip Dark officiating. 
Burial will follow at Ridgelawn Cemetery in Collinsville. Visitation is until 8 
p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Don passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2002. He was 67.

Born in Bristow, Okla., on May 31, 1934 to Earl and Rene Leet Davis, Don was 
reared and educated in Union where his parents owned the local grocery store. 
Graduating from Union High School, Don worked as a bowling instructor at 
Brookside. Making a name for himself as a bowler, Don earned numerous trophies 
and wrote a column for the Tulsa World, "Bowling With Don Davis."

In 1956, Don joined the Marines, serving for four years following the Korean 
conflict. After his service, he returned to Tulsa and was employed by the 
Department of the Interior. Don met Barbara Poynor Barnhart, and the couple was 
married Feb. 6, 1966. Making Tulsa their home for the first seven years, they 
were blessed with a daughter. The family moved to an acreage in Inola where they 
resided for six years before moving to Claremore 23 years ago.

Don began employment with Mansur-Daubert & Strella Consulting Engineers, 
apprenticing the necessary five years to become a licensed surveyor. He advanced 
to a supervisory position in M.D.&S. and worked for the company for more than 30 
years until his retirement in May of last year.

Skilled at carpentry and electrical work, Don capably completed many remodeling 
projects at his home with meticulous precision. Cycling, fishing, photography 
and ham radio operating all were hobbies he explored and mastered.

Don was a quiet man who enjoyed challenging himself to achieve perfection. He is 
survived by his wife Barbara of their home in Claremore; daughter, Andrea Davis 
and stepdaughter, Cindy Columbia and husband Dan, all of Claremore; step-
grandchildren, Stephanie of Tulsa, Drew, Brittany, Ryan, Anally, all of 
Claremore and step-great-granddaughter, Daisy of Tulsa.

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