Raymond Charles Davenport (1926 - 2016)

Born 6 May 1926 in Rockville Centre, Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 Jan 2016 at age 89 in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States

Biography

Raymond was born in 1926. He passed away in 2016.

• Raymond “Ray” Charles Davenport died at age 89 on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Palmetto Health Tuomey. He was predeceased by his wife, Lula Kate Davenport.

Born in Rockville Centre, New York, he was the son of the late Raymond Forbes Davenport and the late Ruth Barr Davenport.

Davenport was a veteran of World War II and Korea. Initially stationed at Shaw Field in Sumter, he met his wife of 68 years, Lula Kate Chatham, who was a Cadet Nurse in training at Tuomey Hospital School of Nursing. She graduated from Tuomey in 1945 and later received her BSN degree from the University of South Carolina. She retired from nursing from the Sumter County Health Department (DHEC).

Davenport graduated from The Art School, Pratt Institute, New York City, and began his art career as a free-lance commercial artist. After moving to South Carolina and acquiring 24 years in this field, he redirected his energies to fine art. His work has received numerous awards nationwide and is found in the collections of President Ronald Reagan and the SC Permanent Collection.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157209887/raymond-charles-davenport: accessed 24 October 2022), memorial page for Raymond Charles “Ray” Davenport (5 May 1926–16 Jan 2016), Find a Grave Memorial ID 157209887, citing Evergreen Memorial Park, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Remember me (contributor 47418257) .