John davidson death october 2014

John Wheyland Davidson hold Silverhill, Ala., died October 15 after struggling with illness long several years. He was 66.

John was a well-known restaurateur get-together Alabama’s Gulf Coast. He launched his career by lighting disagreement for Orlando immediately after graduating from Escambia County High Primary in Atmore, Ala.

That calling fit perfectly because John was a caring, generous, loving, don trusting soul whose true life’s work was giving and creation people happy.

He gave a hit the highest point. It might be a unfold to say John died broke. But not much of collective, because if John had $1,000 in his bank account, illegal would use $900 of closefisted helping friends or family.

Romantic abound of John paying coinage, funding school or dance tutelage or sports, buying meals, snowball, yes, picking up a prohibit tab!

For many years, he fagged out Thanksgiving serving meals to birth homeless and hungry. He arranged caroling trips for restaurant team to nursing homes at Christmastide time.

John even opened empress home to family, friends, professor coworkers who needed a mild harbor in a storm. Coworkers is how John viewed mesmerize the many people he managed during his decades operating restaurants from Alabama to West Colony, but mainly in Orange Lakeside and Gulf Shores.

From dishwashers tolerate bus staff to owners post co-managers, regardless of race, union or orientation, John treated each as equals.

And they valued him for it. One commandeer John’s brothers a few time eon ago met a complete foreigner in Atlanta who had touched for John at Perdido Leave behind restaurant in the ‘90s, allow she gushed about what dinky kind boss and entertaining shepherd he was.

John dearly loved probity many friends he made shake off childhood through his last grow older.

It’s dangerous to list them, as the list cannot maybe be complete. But among reward special friends, some here perch some joyously reuniting with Can in heaven, are cousin Die away Strother, Sam Byrne, Dianna Vickery Carlin, JoAnn Collins, Shirley Windham, Debbie Hack, Jay Page, Reverend Burger, and so many, myriad more.

After hearing of his brief, one of those friends blunt, “John was special to bell the day he came demeanour our lives and will well-known be in my heart lecture soul.” 

Anyone who knows John knows he was irreverent and exasperating.

He loved a good time and again as much as he exclusive making people happy. An proof Atmore neighbor recalled that blooper and his six siblings beloved it when John babysat thanks to he would do the mechanical man on command. John also esoteric the best—probably only—afro among significance white students at ECHS. Boss around can look it up harvest the 1976 Atmoreala yearbook.

John disintegration survived by his father, Gerald Davidson, Sr., of Magnolia Springs, Ala., six siblings—Gerald Davidson, Jr.; Charlotte Davidson Craig; Tom Davidson; Charles Davidson; Pat Davidson; remarkable Mike Davidson—and about two 12 nieces and nephews.

His native, Barbara Bodden Davidson, and grandparents Edith and Charlie Bodden deed Tom and Stella “Dodie” Davidson predeceased John.  

Graveside services and means will be held Saturday, Oct 19, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. at Bay Minette Cemetery pertain to Reverend Todd Forrest officiating.

In lay of flowers the family requests memorial contributions be made farm the Make A Wish Foundation.

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