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Matthew Allen Davis was born on January 21, 1987, in Pampa, Texas. His father is Rickey Allen Davis of Borger, Texas, and his mother is Martha Hollenback Davis of Brookshire, Texas. Matthew Davis lived in Borger, Texas, until 2004, and later moved to the Houston, Texas area. He went to grade school in Borger, Texas and attended high school in both Borger, Texas, and Pearland, Texas. He played college football at both Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, and Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. On December 15, 2016, Matthew graduated with honors from the University of Houston with a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science . Currently, he hardwired and installed computer hardware for Amazon.
Matthew Davis was very much considered a Renaissance man for his diverse variety of interests and hobbies. He loved football his entire life and in particular was a fan of Oklahoma University Sooners, and the Seattle Seahawks. He enjoyed lifting weights, jujitsu, boxing, and mixed martial arts fighting. When he was young he enjoyed rollerblading and snowboarding and ran track. He held an NFL qualifying 40 yard time of 4.2. At the age of 17, because of his diverse athletic talent, he refused an offer to try out from the manager for the Houston professional hockey team, the Houston Aeros. He would not go to the rink, because he loved football so much more and wanted to play college football with his close friend, Brandon Buckner. He found many new friends in college and as an adult maintained friendships from both high school and college. He was more than fond of comic books, especially Marvel comics, and an avid collector of comic books, and he even sketched his own comic characters since he was a child. Matthew appreciated many different genres of music. He enjoyed reading, and history, even art history and architecture, and guns. He loved big dogs, and while in college, Lost the custody battle for his dog Juice, Juice also liked to lift weights too, and is also very passionate about nearly every sports ball created. He was an avid athletic shoe collector since high school and did customized artwork on shoes. Matt still watched cartoons like The Simpsons and Family Guy and enjoyed watching movies. He built gaming computers, had started his own Twitch channel and understood blockchain technology and traded cryptocurrency. He really enjoyed traveling, travel to Europe in particular and wanted to go to Rome for the Italian art and history every year.
He was a member of: UFC gym, dark side gym, and Be fit gym, and until Covid it is fair to say he was always at the gym.
Matthew Davis is predeceased in death by his grandfather Otha Carl Hollenback, his grandmother Erma Brown, uncle Stanley Davis, and informally adopted brother Damion Miller.
He is survived by his mother, Martha Hollenback Davis of Brookshire, Texas, and grandmother Pat Hollenback of Seiling, Oklahoma, and four aunts Carla Hollenback Davis of Seiling, Oklahoma, Muriel and spouse Ronnie Tinner of Amarillo, Texas, Marva and spouse Jeff Washington of Arlington, Texas and Sylvia Davis of Amarillo, Texas. His father is Rickey and spouse Mary Davis of Borger, Texas, and he is survived by two uncles: Johnny and spouse Monica Davis of Amarillo Texas, and William and spouse Diana Davis of Amarillo, Texas. Damian Davis of Amarillo, Texas, and Autumn Davis of Arlington, Texas, are double cousins and have always been regarded as siblings. Additionally, he is survived by his 15 year old dog, Juice Davis, who lives on a horse farm near Brookshire, Texas, and so many other friends and family members far too numerous to list.
Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, December 7, 2020 at the Brumfield Cemetery in Seiling, OK.
Memorial Donations may be Made to:
Brumfield Cemetery Association
c/o
Redinger Funeral Home
Box 236
Seiling, OK 73663
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