Harvey MacLean Davis

LISBON FALLS – Harvey MacLean Davis, a lover of music, film, and technology passed away peacefully on Feb. 14, 2025 at Andwell Hospice House in Auburn. His death followed a series of medical setbacks since early 2023, but was nonetheless sudden, Lymphoma the ultimate cause of his passing.

“Harv” was born to Arnold and Virginia (Cushing) Davis in Concord, N.H. on July 3, 1946. He is a 1964 graduate of Concord (N.H.) High School, where he participated in student government and musical/choral groups. In autumn of that year, Harv moved to Brunswick as a freshman student at Bowdoin College.

Following graduation in 1968, he married Carolyn Bond of Old Saybrook, Conn. at the Abbey Chapel in Hadley, Mass. They met on a blind date in 1964 while she was in her first year at Mount Holyoke College. He was initially employed as an elementary school teacher in Manchester, N.H., but Harv’s interest in music as a performer evolved into a long life loving recorded and live music, promoting and selling it as a professional appreciator, collector and most notably – “record store music guru.”

In 1975, Harv returned to Brunswick with his growing family, now including their young son (joined by a daughter in 1977), to open the record store “Manassas, Ltd.” Through 1987, “Manassas” served Central and Mid-Coast Maine as a vital source for new, imported and rare recorded music and video. In 1985, Manassas expanded with a second location on Congress Street in Portland. The small chain closed due to changes in the industry.

Following Manassas, Harv served customers and friends at DeOrsey’s Music and other music and photo stores in the Lewiston/Auburn area. In later years, he worked in telephone customer service at area call centers. He retired in 2012.

Harvey is survived by his son, Ian MacLean Davis of Baltimore, Md.; his daughter, Laura (Davis) Drown, son-in-law, Ty Drown and granddaughters Lyla and Lennon of Arundel; his sister, Leila and nephew, Sage in California; his sister, Verna in Florida; his wife, Carolyn, a 50-year resident of Lisbon Falls and retired Catholic Charities Program Director; their Bombay cats Bo and Bammy, and Maine Coon cat, Mojo.

His death was preceded by his parents; and a brother, Alan.

A Celebration of Life event is forthcoming. Please contact [email protected] to join the list for updates.