George Davis

George William Davis Jr., M.D., of Davidson died Monday, Sept. 6, at 8:25 a.m., at the Harris Hospice Unit of Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte. He was 93. A memorial service is planned Thursday. Details below.

He was born Dec. 27, 1916 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of the late George William Davis and Adaline Witt Davis.

Dr. Davis received his medical degree in 1941 from the University of Kansas School of Medicine. During World War II he served four years in the medical corps of the U.S. Navy, leaving active duty as a lieutenant commander.

After completing his psychiatric training at Rockland State Hospital and the New York Psychiatric Institute, he was the first superintendent and clinical director of the Southeast Louisiana Hospital at Mandeville, La. From 1958 to 1989, he was in private practice in Houston, Texas. He was a Clinical Associate Professor at Tulane and Baylor Medical Schools, past president of the Houston Psychiatric Society, a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a 50-year member of the American Medical Association.

A deacon, an elder and former trustee within the Presbyterian Church, he was a member of the Davidson College Presbyterian Church.

Preceded in death by a grandson John Christopher Scott, his survivors include his wife of 68 years, Marguerite Young Davis, three children, Marguerite Davis Scott-Johnson and her husband Dr. Richard B. Johnson of Kerrville, Texas, Dorothy Davis Duncan and her husband Michael A. Duncan of Charlotte, North Carolina, William Young Davis and wife Anna Smith Davis of Carbondale, Illinois, seven grandchildren: Laura Duncan Stermer and husband Major Jeremy Stermer, Christine Scott Gensch and husband A. Scott Gensch, Jeffrey D. Duncan and wife Chrystelle Chalvin Duncan, Rebecca Oettinger Feder and husband Russell Feder, Abigale and Gretchen Schramm-Davis and Beth Mei Cai E. Davis, nine great-grandchildren, brothers, Robert W. Davis of Houston, Texas, Joseph W. Davis and wife Jacqueline Barnes Davis of Salina, Kansas; and several nephews and nieces.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010 in the Davidson College Presbyterian Church Chapel. A private burial in Mimosa Cemetery in Davidson will precede the memorial service.

A reception will be held in the living room of the Pines at Davidson at 2 p.m. Thursday September 9, 2010.

The family thanks the Neurosurgical ICU physicians and staff and the staff of the Harris Hospice Unit at Presbyterian Hospital.

Memorial gifts may be made to The Resident’s Support Fund of The Pines at Davidson or to a charity of your choice.

Arrangements by Raymer Funeral Home, Huntersville.