Holman Thomas 'Buzz' Davis

1941 - 2019  (78 years)

• Name	Holman Thomas 'Buzz' Davis  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	27 Jan 1941	Thomaston, Knox, Maine, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1950	Rockland, Knox, Maine, USA   [1]
  	Age: 9; Relation to Head: Son; Marital Status: Never Married
  Death	24 May 2019	Emmett, Gem, Idaho, USA   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I29396	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Harlan Augustus Davis,   b. 14 Jun 1917, Union, Knox, Maine, USA d. 1 Jul 1984, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Violet McLean,   b. 3 Apr 1918, St George, Knox, Maine, USA d. 20 Oct 1998, Camden, Knox, Maine, USA (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	15 May 1937	Maine, USA   [4, 5]
  Marriage End	Mar 1954	Knox County, Maine, USA   [6]
  	Divorce of Violet from Harlan Davis for Cruel and Abusive Treatment
  Family ID	F13087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F13088	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

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  Birth - 27 Jan 1941 - Thomaston, Knox, Maine, USA Census - Age: 9; Relation to Head: Son; Marital Status: Never Married - 1950 - Rockland, Knox, Maine, USA Death - 24 May 2019 - Emmett, Gem, Idaho, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Rockland, Knox, Main. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Rockland, Knox, Main [S5784] Find a Grave: DAVIS Holman T 1941-2019, Holman Thomas “Buzz” Davis. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199669467/holman-thomas-davis [S4875] Legacy: Obituary of Holman Davis • Jun 2019, (Name: Messenger Index; Location: Emmitt ID; Date: 3 Jun 2019;), Holman Thomas "Buzz" Davis -- Published by Emmett Messenger Index from Jun. 3 to Jun. 30, 2019. Holman "Buzz" Thomas Davis, 78, of Topsham, Maine, and Emmett, Idaho, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 24, 2019 at his home in Emmett from complications of Lewy Body Dementia. His wife, son and daughter were by his side. Buzz was born on January 27, 1941 in Thomaston, Maine to Harlan and Violet Davis. He was a 1959 graduate of Rockland District High School. On January 14, 1967, he married his soul mate Roberta McLean. They were married by his grandmother at her home in St. George, where he spent many memorable summers as a child. Buzz and Roberta began their married life in Brunswick, Maine. In 1975, they moved across the bridge to Topsham where they made their home and raised their family. Always supportive of his children and devoted to his wife, Buzz took great pride in his home and family and, in later years, that pride expanded to encompass his three beloved grandchildren. Whether spending time tending to household tasks, reading, listening to music, or cooking (his homemade fudge was well-known among friends and family), Buzz kept busy and lived his life fully. Buzz enjoyed many wonderful trips with his wife, most especially to St. Croix and St. Maarten. In 2011, Buzz and Roberta made a second home in Idaho, so they could enjoy time with each of their grandchildren. For more than three decades, Buzz was a fixture in the greater Bath-Brunswick area as manager of Endicott Johnson and Lamey Wellehan shoe stores. Many remember him for both his friendly service and his ability to retain knowledge of their size and preference in shoes, even long after his retirement. Buzz is survived by his wife of 52 years; son Kevin Davis and his wife Rachel of Cape Elizabeth, daughter Heather Arnett and her husband Steve of Emmett, Idaho; granddaughter Violet Davis; grandsons Camden and Griffin Arnett; brother Robert Davis of Rockland; sisters Evangeline Fish and her husband Arnold of Rockland and Sheila Witham and her husband Elmer of Owl's Head; many nieces and nephews, and his devoted cat, Coco. Buzz was predeceased by his parents, his stepfather William Edwards, and his mother-in-law Alberta Dunphy. Buzz will be remembered in Emmett, Idaho, on Saturday, June 8th. A celebration of his life will take place in Maine later this summer (details for both services to follow). Donations may be made in Buzz's memory to the Lewy Body Dementia Association https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/messenger-index/name/holman-davis-obituary?id=8471412 Obituary-DAVIS Holman T Holman Thomas "Buzz" Davis -- Published by Emmett Messenger Index from Jun. 3 to Jun. 30, 2019. [S9811] Ancestry.com, Maine, U.S., Marriage Index, 1892-1996, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;). [S5785] Find a Grave: McLEAN Violet Edwards 1918-1998, Violet McLean Edwards. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37127049/violet_edwards [S9900] Newspapers.com: Divorce of DAVIS Violet and Harlan • Bangor Daily News - Mar 1954, (Name: The Bangor Daily News; Location: Bangor ME; Date: 19 Mar 1954;), JUSTICE GRANTS FOUR DIVORCES IN KNOX COURT. Superior Court Justice Randolph Weatherbee of Bangor granted four addltional divorces Wednesday following a two-day special session between terms held at the Knox county superior courtroom here. Divorces granted for cruel and abusive treatment went to ... Violet M Davis of Rockland from Harlan A Davis of South Portland, custody of four minor children to the mother https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bangor-daily-news/155608113/?xid=637