Odis  A  Davis  passed  away  July  13, 2017. He  was  born  January  10,  1927,  at Courtney, Oklahoma, to the late Ben and  Mattie (Norvell) Davis.  Odis was married to Mary Lou Robinson on June 2, 1944, at Marietta, Oklahoma. 
  
In their younger years, Odis and Mary Lou lived in Courtney Ok, where they farmed cotton until boll weevils demolished their livelihood.  They then took all the money they had and moved to San Jose, California, where they worked in an onion processing plant.  They had some family living there in California; but were unhappy being so far from the majority of their family who lived in Southern Oklahoma.  They stayed in California just long enough to earn enough money to move back to Oklahoma.  
  
In  1950,  they  moved  across  the  Red  River  from  Courtney, Oklahoma, to Nocona, Texas where Odis secured a job with Union Tank Company.  He worked for this company until 1959.  Working for "Union Tank" meant good pay; but when the company decided to move its headquarters, Odis knew he would be transferred.  He and Mary Lou were very satisfied living in Nocona and had no desire to leave.  So in 1959, they sold their new home and car and invested the money in their own business, LP. Gas Company, which is still in operation today under the management of their youngest son  Jerry  Dan  and  grandson  Jarret. Odis and Mary Lou also bought and operated another business, Nocona Hot Oil Service, which they sold in 1987.  Throughout the years, Odis has always been a staunch backer of his children’s endeavors, many community activities, functions of the Bethel Baptist Church, and was a Mason for over 50 years. Odis semi-retired in the early 90’s to enjoy life in Nocona, where he kept busy with cattle, bailing hay, oil property, and restoring tractors.  Retirement was really never a word he understood but the closest he found himself to that was in 2007 when he sold out his oil property, cattle, and hay implements at the age of 80. After that day until his death Odis would be found daily at 4 a.m. atL.P. Gas Co from force of habit after 58 years opening the gates and front door to welcome his customers.  When asked by Odis how to tell his legacy and life story he was known to say "My funeral has already been preached and story written by the life I have lived here in Nocona, and the things I have always stood for."
  
Services were held on Saturday, July 15, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Bethel Baptist Church in Nocona.  Burial followed in Nocona Cemetery with Brian Spivey officiating. 
  
Odis was preceded in death by his parents Ben and Mattie, siblings Jim Davis, Edith Davis Watkins, Lillian Davis Houge, Stanford Davis, Eldon 'Bud' Davis and beloved daughter-in-law Mary Beckman Davis.
  
Odis and Mary Lou are the parents of three children: Twin sons  Ronnie  and  Donnie,  and  another  son  Jerry  Dan.  Ronnie lives in Nocona, as do Donnie with wife Carrie, and Jerry Dan with wife LaDonna. Odis and Mary Lou are the grandparents of six grandchildren: Shawn Davis, Jarret Davis, Branda McEwen, Erica  Patton,  Zachary  Smith,  and  Kristyn  Starnes. And  Proud Great-Grandparents of 16 Great Grandchildren: Henley & Samuel Davis, Jase, Bodie, & Ava Davis, Kaden, Mattie, Gabby, & John McEwen, Ayden, Corbyn, & Dani Patton, Skyler & Bayler Smith, & Ryker Starnes to whom he is survived by, along with his wife of 73 years Mary Lou and sister Lawana Forsythe of Wilson Ok.
  
In leiu of flowers Odis requested that donation be made to the Mary Beckman Downtown Park Fund that is located at Wells Fargo Bank in Nocona or the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.