Lesley E Davis Sr

Obituary Lesley E. Davis was the second of three sons, including Adam Davis Jr. (now Mufti Kifayatullah) and Mark Davis, born to Dorothy M. (Alsup) Davis and Adam Davis on September 30, 1949 in Kansas City, Kansas. His parents both preceded him in death. He was reared by his maternal grandfather, Mr. Grundy Alsup, and by his mother’s sister, Lillie L. (Alsup) Williams, and her husband, Lewis R. (“Little Willie”) Williams. Each of them were excellent surrogate parents and role models, who raised Adam, Lesley and Mark with their own biological sons, Lewis Jr. and Altroy. They were all raised like brothers. Lesley, along with his siblings, were educated at Our Lady of Perpetual Hope Catholic schools, and after the 8th grade, in the public schools of Kansas City, Kansas. Lesley was a good student and became Sumner High School Sophomore Class President. After the family moved to the Quindaro neighborhood, he transferred to Wyandotte High School and graduated in 1968. He received a full four-year scholarship to Park College (now University) in Parkville, Missouri. He made some life-long friends there before graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 1972. But even before graduation, he became an academic instructor of African-American Life in his senior year, and later became an instructor at Donnelly College, in Kansas City, Kansas, after graduation. Lesley worked a variety of jobs his entire life, but the most rewarding was as an insurance agent where he met the love of his life, Mary L. (Little) Davis in 1979. He and Mary were married on April 12, 1980. And he married into his much beloved second family of Mary R. (McInnis) Little and Walter Little Sr. From this union of Lesley and Mary was born Lesley Davis Jr (1980) and Myra L. Davis (1984). The four of them made a family and functional life together. Lesley departed this life on September 17, 2020. He leaves to mourn his brothers, Mufti Kifayatullah and Mark Davis; children, Lesley (Jessica) Davis Jr. and Myra Davis; grandchildren, Joseph Davis, Eden Davis, and Noah Davis; sister-in law Sheryl Tatum; along with a host of other family, friends, and loved ones. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, September 25th at Lawrence A. Jones & Sons Linwood Chapel. Visitation 10:00 A.M. Interment Highland Park Cemetery. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Lesley E Davis Sr, please visit our floral store. Read More

Lesley E Davis Sr

September 30, 1949 - September 17, 2020