John Staige Davis IV

I've just learned of Dr. D's passing and want to offer my condolences to his family. I had the pleasure of working for John for a number of years at UVA and was always amazed at his vigor and vitality for his profession and numerous personal endeavors-he certainly was a role model to a lot of folks. Not only was he my boss, but I considered him a great friend to me and my young son at that time. I have many fond memories of Dr. D and how he lived life to the fullest-he will be sorely...

John S. Davis was a wonderful friend and colleague. He was a man of many talents. We were devastated years ago with Fredi's sudden death, but John recovered with beautiful Audrey. We will miss him.

We loved john davis. Especially john sergent´s and his tubbing down the river. And someone had stolen his beloved ladies. Ended up in nyc. With a picture probably a fraternity group. He laughed. And got a years supply of chicken feed.

Mrs. Audrey, sorry to hear of Mr. John's transition. I hold you both dear to my heart. May God comfort and keep you always. Love Joanne Rogers

I got to know Dr Davis through his daughter Susan. She and I were best friends during Junior High, and I was lucky to be included in many of her family activities where her father made me feel that I was part of the family. He was able to see and bring out the best in everyone and this was especially important to an impressionable young teenage girl. My thought and prayers are with all the family. Sorry I didn´t find out about the service till afterwards, or I would have been there.

Audrey, Dr. John was such a special man to our family and to his fellow UVa Baseball fans; he was a well-acomplished physician, humanitarian, and raconteur. When I visited w/ John, at a ball game or elsewhere, I always came away knowing I had learned something and he oftentimes gave intellectual context to accompany his encyclopedic knowledge of the finer things in this life. Medicine, politics, international affairs were all in John's wheelhouse, but John had a special way of taking...

I am deeply sorry for your loss of a great father, husband, and friend. Dr. Davis was an unforgettable man who made a profound impact on my dad's life and mine. He sang in the Free Bridge Four quartet with my father for over 30 years, as well as in The Jeffersonland Chorus. Always the jokester, Dr. Davis was a beloved family friend whom I admired greatly. I fondly remember countless summers spent at the cabin tubing down the James River and eating hot dogs, those frigid nights spent listening...

I came to know Dr. Davis through one of his remarkable children, John Staige Davis V, my friend and former coworker. I was lucky enough to feel the glow Peeps brought to the world, to have met the PAs on Kohomong Hill, to have tubed the James with my children and his grandchildren, and to have avoided serious injury on a doubles squash court. There are precious few people who bring joy to a room just by entering it, but this was one. Of course, his legacy lives in the smart, kind, and...

What a wonderful personality John Davis was, from mountaineering and photography to "flummery and mummery"! What a pleasure it must have been to have known him.