Amos Davis

Amos Tinsley Davis, Jr. known to many as Ted Davis, was born December 15, 1919 in Kansas City, KS to Alpha Beretta and Amos T. Davis Sr. He attended Shawnee Mission Rural High School (Shawnee Mission North). He enlisted in the Army Corp of Engineers in October 1939. While stationed in the Northwest, he met the love of his life Flora Thome of Portland, OR. They were married July 1941. During his military career, Ted participated in the construction of the Alcan Highway; served in the Pacific theater during World War II where he was awarded a Bronze Star for valor; and while assigned to Japanese reclamation after the war, Ted was selected to serve as a juror on a military tribunal for war crimes. Ted and his family remained in Yokohama until he was sent to Korea. After being wounded there, Ted resigned his commission shortly after receiving a promotion as Major. Besides an Oak Leaf Cluster and Bronze Star Ted received a Presidential Unit citation, Legion of Merit badge, one Purple Heart and three battle stars. After his military career ended, Ted worked for an engineering firm, moving many times until he settled in Olathe to be near family. Ted worked at the Delco Remy plant in Olathe from 1960 until his retirement in 1980. After that, he pursued his passion for fly fishing and wintered with his wife in Arizona until his health failed.
Ted is survived by his wife of 71 years, his two sons and their wives, George and Dorothy Davis of Overland Park, Joyce and Tinsley Davis III of Olathe, his sister, Alpha Mae Darnell, two brothers, Lawrence J. Davis and Thomas Robert Davis. Ted was a devoted husband and a loving father, grandfather and a great-grandfather of 10. His grandchildren are: Rebecca Weaver, Timothy Davis, Michael Davis, Susan Harper, Jennifer Wilson, Amy Oglesby, and Anna Marie Cox.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to the American Heart Assoc. and Rheumatoid Arthritis Foundation.