John G. Davis

1927 - 2025

John G Davis November 4, 1927 - November 13, 2025 John Gardner Davis, 98, of Dallas, Texas, passed away on November 13, 2025, at Highland Springs Continuing Care Community.

John, known to his friends and family as Hound Dawg, the Dawg, or Big Daddy, was born in Pittsview, Alabama to the late Mary Ina Burt Davis and William Henry Davis on November 4, 1927. He graduated from Columbus High School in Georgia. At the age of 17, John enlisted in the US Navy during WWII. After the war, John enrolled in the University of Georgia where he played varsity basketball and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration. John married Ella Maye Brantley on June 12, 1959, and they were married 50 years before her passing. The couple spent many happy years in Americus, Georgia, Dallas and Breckenridge, Texas, and Daytona Beach, Florida.

John was a successful businessman throughout his life. His early career took him to Redman Industries in Americus, Georgia, and the mobile home industry. He progressed from entry level sales positions to President of Redman Mobile Homes and moved his family to the corporate headquarters in Dallas, Texas. John was a true entrepreneur and in 1977 moved to Breckenridge, Texas to form Breck Homes as the president and majority stockholder. In the years following his successful sale of Breck Homes, he founded or assisted in founding a number of other manufacturing and related businesses and served on numerous boards. John was always respected for the relationships he built and the way he treated everyone at all levels of business.

John was very involved in the United Methodist Church throughout his life and contributed through leadership roles for a number of faith and civic organizations. In Breckenridge, John was the President of the Chamber of Commerce, on the Board of the First National Bank, a member of the board of the YMCA, and Citizen of the Year in 1981, as well as a number of other volunteer positions.

John is survived by his three daughters and their families: Cathy Gillespie of Dallas, Texas, her husband Blake and daughters Tatum and Caitlin; Ina Toms, of Albertville, Alabama and her son Brantley and his fiancé Brianna and son John Robert; and Ginny Muse of Ada, Oklahoma, her husband Travis and children John David, Michael, and Anna Beth. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews and other family members whom he loved dearly. He is preceded in death by his parents, his brother Bill Davis of Stockbridge, GA, his sister Cathy Davis Cox of Florence, AL, and his great granddaughters Charliegh Ann and Tonya Ina Toms of Albertville, AL. A memorial service was held on Tuesday November 25, 2025, at Sparkman Memorial Chapel of Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home in Dallas, Texas.