Author: David Otho Davis
Alternate names: David O. Davis
Born: 10 July 1906
Died: 20 August 1982
Bio: **David Otho Davis** (10 July 1906 - 20 August 1982)

David Otho Davis, the son of Wilbur Layton Davis (1881-1952) and Dorette Telgmann Davis (1878-1960) was born on 10 July 1906 in Kendall, Arizona, United States.  He married Margaret Winton King Davis (1907-1979) and at the age of forty he was a Colonel in the US Army in 1946.  He died on 20 August 1982 in Texas where he was buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, Temple, Bell County (Plot: Section 4).

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