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| occupation=[[Business]]man​

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| spouse=(1) Vernie Bryan Davis (died 1996)<br>​

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(2) Nelda Joy Ward Hensley Davis​

(2) Nelda Joy Ward Hensley Davis​

In a campaign characterized primarily by aggressive use of yard signs, Gardner emerged from the primary victorious over Newer by 37 votes: 2,164 to 2,127. Turnout was 53.7 percent of registered voters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 7, 2018}}</ref>​

In a campaign characterized primarily by aggressive use of yard signs, Gardner emerged from the primary victorious over Newer by 37 votes: 2,164 to 2,127. Turnout was 53.7 percent of registered voters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 7, 2018}}</ref>​

==Personal life==​

==Personal life==

A native of Stephens in Ouachita County in south [[Arkansas]], Davis graduated in 1960 from Stephens High School. Prior to becoming mayor, Davis had been involved in several Minden businesses. He has three children, Scott Patrick Davis (born September 12, 1966), Stanley Paul Davis (born January 25, 1968), and Suzanne Davis Burkett (born March 25, 1972), from his first marriage to the former Vernie Bryan (1943-1996),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.death-record.com/d/n/Vernie-Davis|title=Death Records: Vernie B. Davis|publisher=death-record.com|accessdate=October 19, 2013}}</ref> daughter of Floyd Thomas Bryan (1903-1956) and Mercie Mae Bryan (1907-2010) of Stephens, Arkansas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Bryan&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=4&GScnty=144&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=162444528&df=all&|title=Floyd Thomas Bryan|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=July 28, 2017}}</ref> Vernie Davis was a teacher at Minden High School and later the private Glenbrook School in Minden. The Davises lived for twelve years in [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]], Arkansas, before they returned to Minden in the late 1970s. She is interred at Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Minden.<ref>Vernie Davis obituary, ''Minden Press-Herald'', October 28, 1996, p. 1.</ref>  

​A native of Stephens in Ouachita County in south [[Arkansas]], Davis graduated in 1960 from Stephens High School. Prior to becoming mayor, Davis had been involved in several Minden businesses. He has three children, Scott Patrick Davis (born September 12, 1966), Stanley Paul Davis (born January 25, 1968), and Suzanne Davis Burkett (born March 25, 1972), from his first marriage to the former Vernie Bryan (1943-1996),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.death-record.com/d/n/Vernie-Davis|title=Death Records: Vernie B. Davis|publisher=death-record.com|accessdate=October 19, 2013}}</ref> daughter of Floyd Thomas Bryan (1903-1956) and Mercie Mae Bryan (1907-2010) of Stephens, Arkansas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Bryan&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=4&GScnty=144&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=162444528&df=all&|title=Floyd Thomas Bryan|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=July 28, 2017}}</ref> Vernie Davis was a teacher at Minden High School and later the private Glenbrook School in Minden. The Davises lived for twelve years in [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]], Arkansas, before they returned to Minden in the late 1970s. She is interred at Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Minden.<ref>Vernie Davis obituary, ''Minden Press-Herald'', October 28, 1996, p. 1.</ref>  

Scott Davis resides in Alexander, a small town near [[Little Rock]], Arkansas. Scott's brother,  Stanley Davis, a Minden native living in Mt. Pleasant, [[South Carolina]], is retired from the [[United States Air Force]]. He was the featured speaker at the annual Independence Day flag raising ceremony at Eagle Park in Minden in 2018.​ A two-time squadron commander, his most recent service was as commander for the Air Force Reserve's 317th Airlift Squadron in [[Charleston]], South Carolina. He entered the Air Force in 1986 through a Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship at [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], at which he was a vice commandant award winner . He was named one of only ten cadets nationwide for an AFROTC Cadet Exchange Program with the [[Royal Air Force]] in [[Great Britain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/davis-to-speak-at-flag-raising-ceremony-on-independence-day/|title=Davis to speak at flag-raising ceremony on Independence Day|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|date=July 3, 2018|accessdate=July 5, 2018}}</ref> The Davis daughter, Suzanne Burkett, resides in the small community of Avery in Red River County, [[Texas]].​

Scott Davis resides in Alexander, a small town near [[Little Rock]], Arkansas. Scott's brother,  Stanley Davis, a Minden native living in Mt. Pleasant, [[South Carolina]], is retired from the [[United States Air Force]]. He was the featured speaker at the annual Independence Day flag raising ceremony at Eagle Park in Minden in 2018.​ A two-time squadron commander, his most recent service was as commander for the Air Force Reserve's 317th Airlift Squadron in [[Charleston]], South Carolina. He entered the Air Force in 1986 through a Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship at [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], at which he was a vice commandant award winner . He was named one of only ten cadets nationwide for an AFROTC Cadet Exchange Program with the [[Royal Air Force]] in [[Great Britain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/davis-to-speak-at-flag-raising-ceremony-on-independence-day/|title=Davis to speak at flag-raising ceremony on Independence Day|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|date=July 3, 2018|accessdate=July 5, 2018}}</ref> The Davis daughter, Suzanne Burkett, resides in the small community of Avery in Red River County, [[Texas]].​