Earle Cale Davis

Dr. Earle Cale Davis LUBBOCK-Dr. Earle Cale Davis, age 80, of Lubbock, Texas, passed away on Friday, July 1, 2016, at Covenant Medical Center surrounded by his beloved family. Dr. Davis was a member of Bacon Heights Baptist Church. He accepted Christ as his personal Savior at the age of nine. Over the years he taught Sunday school and served as a deacon in several churches. Earle Cale Davis, was born on Nov. 2, 1935, in Brownfield, Texas, the son of Earle Cale Davis, Sr. and Abigail Hazel Tuttle Davis. He married Shelby Ann Thompson on June 3, 1957 in Brownfield, Texas. Dr. Davis is survived by his wife, Shelby Ann Davis of Lubbock, Texas; daughters, Dannie Mason and Kellie (Greg) Hill, son, Doug (Melinda) Davis, and daughter, Terrie (Steve) Gressett; granddaughters, Hillarie (Donald) Smith, Lindsay (Kyle) Black, Whitney (Darin) Bynum, Paige (Jeris) Queen, SSG Chase (Stephanie) Hill, Tate Hill, Blaine Hill, Jacob (Summer) Burkholder, Daniel (Karem) Burkholder, Sherman (Rachel) Gressett, Berkleigh Gressett, and Jensen Gressett; and great-grandchildren: Mason, Haden, and Rylan Smith, Keaton and Kelbie Black, Parker, Tessa, and Weston Bynum, Callaway and McLain Davis Queen, and Madison Miller and Ryker Hill. He was preceded in death by his parents, Earle and Abigail Davis; two sisters, Alice Joyce Davis, and Janet Lewis; and a grandson, Spencer Gressett. Dr. Davis received a B.S. in Psychology from Baylor University, Masters and Doctorate degrees in Physics from Texas Tech University. He began his career working for NASA and continued on at the Hanford Atomic Energy Project, Florida Power and Light nuclear power plant, Texas Instruments, Amarillo College, and Texas Tech University where he taught in multiple areas. He retired in 1997 and they returned to Lubbock in 1998. We will gather for fellowship and remembrance from 6 to 7:30 p.m., today, July 3, 2016, at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers. A tribute of Earle's life may be found at www.memorialdesigners.net, where you may leave memories and expressions of sympathy for his family. In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to Bacon Heights Baptist Church, 5110 54th Street, Lubbock, TX 79414.