Mr. Chester L. Davis

December 27, 1927 - June 22, 2018

On Friday June 22, 2018, at Envoy Rehab. and Nursing Center, Chester L. Davis transitioned from this life on earth to his Heavenly home. Born in Alexandria, Va. on Dec. 27, 1927 to the late Milton Delaney Davis and Hattie Jackson Davis. He was affectionately called ‘ Uncle Ches’ by his nephews and nieces. He loved sports, but he especially loved baseball. After playing in the Negro League while in the U.S Army, Chester Davis was transferred to the Mess Hall where he was a cook to the Special Forces at Ft. Carson, Colorado. In his 90 years of life, Chester Davis, held down numerous jobs in construction. He also worked at the Goodwin House in Alexandria, Va. (just to name a few). Cooking was one of his passions. He would gladly fry fish when asked and make his delicious potato salad, but one of his specialties was his famed Hobo Beans. He is proceeded in death by the ‘Love of his Life,’ Mrs. Deni Evans Figgins who passed away peacefully two months prior, his beloved brothers and sisters; Milton, Charles, Thomas, Carrie, Hattie, Elsie and William Davis, Margaret Haley, Mary Short and Annie Shanklin. He also leaves to mourn his sister, Doris Day, a sister-in-law, Virginia Murphy and a brother-in-law, Clarence Day and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.