Roger was born on March 6th, 1947 in Buchanan County, Virginia and was the son of Hayes and Ines Davis and brother to Tyrone (Cleofoe) Davis, Rita (Enrique) Davis, and Gary (Vickie) Davis. He married Miriam Miranda Caballero on October 28th, 1967 in Dolega, Chiriqui, Rep. of Panama. From his first marriage he and Miriam had 3 daughters, Jannie (Curtis) Combs Jr. of Greensburg, Indiana, Patricia (Douglas) Bowlby of Newark, Ohio and Angelica (Hanoi) Davis of Miami, Florida. He later had 2 other daughters Leidy Nunez of La Concepcion, Chiriqui, Rep. of Panama and Tonya Cisneros of Colorado Springs, Colorado. He had 10 grandchildren including Jeanine Dale of Greensburg, Indiana, Angelica (Luis) Ledezma of Miami, Florida, Maria, Curtis III and Victor Combs of Greensburg, Indiana, Katherine, George and Abner Rivera of La Concepcion, Chiriqui, Rep. of Panama, and Elijah and Damion Martinez of Colorado Springs, Colorado. He had 4 great-grandchildren Alexis Dale, Sebastian and baby Ledezma on the way, Geovanni Rivera and 2 step-daughters Araceli and Alondra Santana of Mexico Much later Roger remarried his current wife Teofila Ayala Regalado in East Palatka, Florida on September 9th, 2010. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, his brother Verlee Davis, his sister Diana Shultz, his son baby Matthew Davis, his grandson Jordan Dale and his great-grandson Micah Dale.
Roger enlisted in the U.S. Army and served from October 1965 to October 1972 during the Vietnam War Era where he had been honorably discharge. Later he then attended Colorado Community College where he obtained an Associate’s Degree in welding. He worked in welding for many years at various companies such as Unifacs, and Kaiser Aluminum of Heath, Ohio; Hardin County in Kenton, Ohio; General Dynamics of Lima, Ohio; Armor Group Inc. of Madison, Indiana; Atlas LLC Holdings of Columbus, Ohio; PDM Bridge, LLC of Palatka, Florida and Caterpillar of Athens, Georgia. While working at many of these places Roger worked very hard and took pride in his work at each job where he made various machinery pieces, ATM machines, roller coasters and bridges among other creative inventions. This allowed him to grow and develop into an outstanding welding supervisor and engineer.
When Roger wasn’t working he enjoyed inventing a machinery parts cleaner that later he had patented. He enjoyed working on cars, camping, fishing, boating, grilling, helping out neighbors, but most of all enjoyed spending time with his family.
A visitation for family and friends will be held on Thursday, March 12, 2020 from 12:00 noon until the time of the Funeral at 1:00 pm. Rev. David Little will be officiating. Burial will follow at the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Madison, Indiana with Military Honors. Memorial contributions can be made to the Family. Online condolences can be made to the family at www.gilliland-howe.com
