Leslie "Les" Davis Obituary (1933 - 2011)

Sedan - Leslie L. Davis Jr., 77 of Sedan, passed away Sunday, February 27, 2011 at St. John's Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born on August 24, 1933 in Wichita, Kansas to Leslie Lyle and Mildred B. (Murphy) Davis. He attended school in Wichita, Kansas graduating from Wichita North High School. After high school he graduated from Friends University with a Bachelor of Science degree. He began his coaching and teaching career in Grenola, Kansas in 1956-1961, then to Wichita, Kansas from 1961-62, Greeley, Kansas from 1962-1965, Towanda, Kansas 1965-1968, then to Sedan from 1968-2006. In 1955 he married Sara Hampton, to this union was born three sons, Randy, Mark, and Criss. They later divorced in 1975. On June 26, 2005 he married his friend and companion of twenty seven years Mary Adams. He was a member of the Church of Christ in Sedan. He also was a member of the ASA Softball, Friends University, Wichita, and Kansas Hall of Fames. He also received Coach of the Year awards for Baseball in 1979, and well as District #5 National Coach of the Year in 1981, and Area Football Coach of the Year in 1999-2000. He also enjoyed hunting and fishing and attending sporting events. He is survived by his wife, Mary of the home; three sons, Randy and wife Karen Davis of Caney, Kansas, Mark and wife Cassandra Davis of Winfield, Kansas, and Criss and wife Jill Davis of Caney, Kansas; two stepdaughters; Debra and husband Tom Brunstetter of rural Sedan, Kansas and Connie and husband Larry Malone of Moline, Kansas; two brothers, David Davis of Missouri and Howard Davis of Sedan, Kansas; one sister, Joyce Hull of Grenola, Kansas; six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and nine step-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister Janice, and one step-granddaughter Patricia Miller. Visitation will be held Friday, March 4, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the Church of Christ in Sedan. A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. at the Sedan High School Gymnasium with Joe Thomas of the Church of Christ officiating. Burial will follow at the Greenlawn Cemetery in Grenola, Kansas. Memorials are suggested to the Leslie Davis Memorial Scholarship Fund or the Church of Christ in Sedan and remembrances may be left in care of the David W. Barnes Funeral Home, 209 N. Douglas, Sedan, Kansas 67361. Tagged as: Church of Christ, Greenlawn Cemetery