James L. Davis, age 88, and a resident of Oak Ridge, died Thursday, Feb. 14, at Methodist Medical Center.
Mr. Davis was born on May 1, 1924, in the Fork Mountain Community in Anderson County. At the age of 17, (1942) during the height of World War II, he entered into the U.S. Navy and served his country until his retirement, at the Sanford, Fla., Naval Air Station, in 1964. During his career, he received several medals, citations, ribbons and accommodations, including the WWII Victory Medal.
Following his Navy retirement, he began employment at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, in 1967. He continued working at the space center until his second retirement in 1989. After his final retirement, he enjoyed living half of the year in Crossville and half of the year in Florida, until his final move to Oak Ridge in 2008. [Read more…]