TERENCE LEE BROWN DAVIS
July 27, 1991-June 4, 2013
Terence Lee Brown Davis, 21, passed away Tuesday June 4, 2013.
Terence was a very smart and intelligent individual who took his education very seriously and always wanted to accomplish the most out of life. Terence had a determination like no other, and worked and fought hard for what he had.
Terence had a loving support system of family and friends who supported him and loved him in all he did.
Terence was a 2009 graduate of Wayne Early Middle College High School. He later went on to complete his associate degree at Wayne Community College in 2010.
Terence joined the United States Air Force in the spring of 2011.
Airman Davis served in the 87th Medical Operations Squadron, 87th Medical Group, 87th Air Base Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., as a pediatric clinic medical technician. He provided pediatric patient-centered medical home clinical and administrative support to four pediatricians, supporting 3,700 children in the Defense Department's only Tri-Service joint base.
Airman Davis received the Medical Apprentice Career Development Course's highest Honor Roll distinctions, scoring an overall 92 percent and completing his upgrade training one month ahead of schedule.
While assigned to the Medical Operations Squadron, his leadership was pivotal in the flight's selection as the Medical Group Commander's Medical Professional Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century project of the year for its execution of the annual school/sports physical day.
In addition, the squadron earned the Air Base Wing's Fitness Trophy of the month three times and the Spirit Award for two consecutive quarters.
Airman Davis was posthumously awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal for meritorious service.
Terence was born July 27, 1991, in Mecklenburg County, N.C.
He was fostered and adopted at the age of 3 by Chester and Georgia Davis. His extended Davis family included Taylor Davis (brother), Joshua Davis (brother), Mitchell Davis (brother), Aah'Mira Darden (niece), Zah'nylia Darden (niece) and Ayden Davis (nephew).
During his preschool and elementary school years, he moved in with Kaye and Harry Jernigan. He had an extended family in the Jernigans, which included Kevin Jernigan (brother), Lance Jernigan (brother), Austin Jernigan (niece), Eunice Graham Jernigan (grandmother) and the late Eunice Westbrook Jernigan.
During Terence's high school years at Wayne Early Middle College High School, he met a family who truly was special to him and took him in as one of its own. Charles Wayne Sugg Jr. and Jennifer Buehler Sugg took Terence in as a son and gave him a home to call his own.
He is also survived by his brother, Charles Wayne Sugg III (Charlie); sister, Stephanie Savannah Sugg Webber and husband, Austen; and his grandparents, Charles Wayne Sugg Sr., Brenda Potter Sugg and Joyce Buehler.
A memorial service will be held Sunday, June 9, 2013, at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Seymour Funeral Home.
A time of visitation and fellowship with friends will follow the memorial service.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.seymourfuneralhome.com.
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Published in Obituaries on June 7, 2013 1:48 PM