Graham Powell "Skip" Davis

DAVIS, Graham Powell "Skip," of Franktown, Va., died at his home November 8, 2008. He is survived by his wife, Fleet Gregory Davis; a daughter, Holland Davis Braden of Richmond, Va.; a son, Hugh Wheelwright Davis II of Raleigh, N.C.; a stepdaughter, Sarah Ambler Mangold of Kilauea, Hawaii; a stepson, John Jaquelin Ambler III of Virginia Beach; two grandsons, Peter Tucker Braden and Christian Wheelwright Braden; and three stepgrandchildren, Asher Mangold, Jesse Mangold and Seth Mangold. He was predeceased by his parents, Hugh Wheelwright Davis and Florence Brookes Davis; a sister, Dana Davis Roeser; and two half-brothers, Walpole Davis and Horace Walpole Davis. Born August 23, 1927, Skip was graduated from Woodberry Forest School and Virginia Military Institute. He entered investment banking with Scott, Horner & Mason in Lynchburg and then moved to Willis, Kenny & Ayres, Inc. in Richmond. A native of Virginia Beach, he returned to the area in the mid- 1950s and went to work for Investment Corporation of Virginia. He soon became President and CEO of Investment Corp., where he remained until the firm was acquired by Scott & Stringfellow, Inc. Skip was a Member of The Norfolk German Club, an Honorary Member of The Princess Anne Country Club and a former member of The Virginia Club, Norfolk. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, November 22, at noon at Mill Pond Point, Franktown, Virginia, in the family cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to the Robert H. Patterson Jr. Scholarship Fund, VMI Foundation, Lexington, Va. 24450, Woodberry Forest School Amici Fund, 402 Woodberry Station, Woodberry Forest, Va. 22989, or Hospice of the Eastern Shore, P.O. Box 316, Parksley, Va. 23421. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.doughtyfuneralhome.com. Arrangements made by Doughty Funeral Home, Exmore.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.