Frank L. Davies, Jr.

© Enid News and Eagle

12-27-2008

Submitted by: Jo Aguirre

Frank was born in Tulsa, OK, on Feb. 23, 1927, to Jane Martin and Frank Lubbock Davies. He grew up in Tulsa and Wichita, before moving to Enid in 1940. He graduated from Enid High School in 1945, where he was class president, captain of the football team and student body president with Bill Stramp.

Frank joined the Navy after high school, serving as a radar operator during World War II. He participated in East Coast mine sweeping on the USS Hamilton, USS Hobson and USS Fitch.

He attended the University of Oklahoma, graduating with a bachelor's in architecture in 1952. In 1948, while attending college, he married Nancy Jane Frantz, also from Enid. A member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Frank studied architecture under then-dean of the school, Bruce Goff.

Frank apprenticed at Coston Frankfort Short and Caudill Rowlett Scott in Oklahoma City until founding Howard Samis & Davies in 1958. Frank moved back to Enid in 1965, to manage Davies Brick & Tile, while his father underwent cancer treatment in Oklahoma City. After the brick plant was sold, Frank was offered a partnership with D.A. Smith, which became Smith Day & Davies, securing his lifetime commitment to Enid. Soon after D.A. Smith passed, Bob Poe joined the firm, and opened the Tulsa office, Day Davies & Poe in 1974, which eventually became Davies and Poe. In conjunction with two other consulting firms, Frank became vice president of Jack Nicklaus Associates, designing golf course communities throughout the United States.

Frank was on the board of visitors for the OU School of Architecture and the OU Business School. He was a life-long member of the American Institute of Architects and served on the Oklahoma Board of Governors of Licensed Architects. Some of his projects include, Quail Creek Country Club in Oklahoma City, St. Andrews Golf Village in New York, New York World's Fair Oklahoma Exhibit, Boulder Plaza and Resource Sciences Center in Tulsa, Hallie Gantz Center, Enid City Hall, Raleigh Bicycle Plant, Federal Land Bank, St. Mary's Regional Medical Center addition and numerous residences in Enid.

Frank was an active member of the Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce, the Enid Chamber of Commerce and the Enid Rotary Club, eventually serving as president of all three organizations. He also served as co-chair of the United Way in Enid. He was a staunch Republican and worked tirelessly to elect the first Republican governor of Oklahoma, Henry Bellmon, with whom he remained close friends to the end. Frank was also a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Oklahoma City and a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Enid.

Frank passed away surrounded by loved ones in his home Friday morning, Dec. 26. 2008.

Surviving family members are his loving wife, Nancy; his daughter, Joann Graham and husband, Greg Graham of Edmond; his son, Frank Lubbock Davies III (Buck) and wife, Sally of Tulsa, and his son, David Frantz Davies of Tulsa; grandchildren, Jennifer McClary, Patrick Graham, Frank Lubbock Davies IV, Anna Chadderton Davies, Walter Lennox Davies; and great-grandchildren, Shyann and Taylor McClary, all of whom will miss him dearly.

The family would especially like to thank Tammy Barlow and Larry Smith for their patient and enduring care as well as hospice.

Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Enid, OU School of Architecture and Hospice Circle of Love.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008, at the First Presbyterian Church in Enid, with Debbie Bourland, pastor, officiating. A private family burial will follow in

Memorial Park Cemetery under direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home . Military graveside rites will be conducted by the United States Navy.

Condolences may be made online at brown-cummings. com.

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