Thomas Mockett Davies

1915 - 2011  (96 years)

• Name	Thomas Mockett Davies  [1]
  Birth	7 Feb 1915	Lincoln, Lancaster Co, Nebraska   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Dec 2011	Utica, Seward Co, Nebraska   [4]
  Person ID	I420	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Reginald Emmett Davies,   b. 6/20/18980, Thayer, York Co, Nebraska d. 20 Mar 1938, Utica, Seward Co, Nebraska
  Mother	Katherine Mockett,   b. 22 Mar 1891, Nebraska d. 25 Feb 1988, Lincoln, Lancaster Co, Nebraska (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	24 Jul 1937	Nebraska   [5]
  Family ID	F924	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Faith Elizabeth Arnold,   b. 4 Sep 1915, Lincoln, Lancaster Co, Nebraska d. Jan 1984, Nebraska (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	Jun 1937	Nebraska   [1, 6]
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2022

  
  

• Photos

  School Yearbook 1935

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Mockett Davies, 96, Lincoln, died Sunday, December 18, 2011. He was born February 7, 1915 in Utica to Reginald "Rex" and Kathryn (Mockett) Davies. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1935 with a BA degree. In 1937, he received a LLB degree from the University of Nebraska Law School and went into practice with his grandfather. He married Faith Arnold in 1937 and had three children, Thomas M. (Adele) Davies, Jr., Joan (Jim) Killinger and Charles A. Davies. The attack of Pearl Harbor occurred just one month after Joanie's birth. He enlisted in the Navy the next day and was assigned to Naval Intelligence. He served on a destroyer as the Intelligence Officer for the North Atlantic Convoy Fleet for two years until he was transferred back to Washington in 1944 to Naval Intelligence Headquarters. After the war, he enrolled in a special graduate course of study on U. S. Taxation at Harvard University. Returning to Lincoln, he again began to practice law with his grandfather. He has three grandchildren, Patrick Killinger, Timothy Killinger and Jennifer Davies and five great grandchildren. Throughout his life he was a consummate family man, a dedicated public servant, a devout and active member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. He held high positions both in community service organizations and in the Episcopal Church. He served as the Chancellor (legal officer) of the Episcopal Dioceses of Nebraska for over twenty years. He was a founding partner of the law firm, Ricketts, Davies, Stewart & Calkins, which also had a branch office in Hickman, Nebraska. He practiced law in Nebraska of over seventy years (1937-2008). He was still going to his office on a daily basis until just a few years ago. He was President of the Nebraska Bar Association, President of the Nebraska State Bar Foundation and President of the Lincoln Bar Association and was later honored with its Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2006, he received the first Citizen of the Year from the Hickman, Nebraska Community Foundation. He had opened a branch law office in Hickmen in 1946, an office which is still functioning today. Faith, his wife of 47 years, died in 1984. In 1997 he was married to Beatrice "Mike" Seacrest and they enjoyed 15 wonderful years of happy marriage. Some years ago, Tom Brokaw (NBC News) wrote a book entitled "The Greatest Generation" which gave special recognition to the generation of men who fought in World War II. Thomas M. Davies was certainly one of the most distinguished members of that generation. Memorial Service 10 am, Thursday, Dec 22, 2011 at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. [7]

  
  

• Sources

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