CONCORD, N.H. – Howard W. Davis Jr., 47, passed away in Concord, N.H., on April 1.

He was born Sept. 25, 1956, in West Memphis, Ark., to Howard (Fuzzy) Davis and Fayrene (Dolly) Wall Davis. For the past 17 years, he made his home in Chesterville with his loving companion, Pauline.

He was raised in Swink where he attended Swink Elementary School and later Fort Towson High School. He was a member of the Boilermaker Union, having worked as a welder for Chicago Bridge and Iron, as well as others, building water towers, tanks, high-rise buildings and power plants.

He is survived by his companion, Pauline Hastings and her three children, Donny, Danny and Lois; his mother, Dolly Tate and her husband, Billy Tate of East Tawakoni, Texas; his sister, Susan Feller of Oklahoma City; his sister , Dian Johnson and her husband Gary of Valliant, Okla.; many very special cousins including, Gwen Routh of Smithville, Okla., who was like a sister to him; his cousins, Earl, Bill, and Bud Davis who were among his best friends; his nephew, Brian Johnson of Valliant, Okla.; and his niece, Lacrecia Johnson Haynie of Ft. Collins, Colo.

He was predeceased by his father, Howard Sr.; his paternal grandparents, George Davis and Minnie Cecil (Denton) Davis; his maternal grandparents, Otha Wall and Willie Mae (Ammons) Wall; and his cousins, Walter, Ronnie and Smokey Davis.