Jean Davis

[Jane]

Jean Davis, wife of Bo Davis #67 Mini Stock, Lee Davis #77 Mini Stock, and Billy Davis, passed away suddenly on Thursday. Jean was a very nice lady who when I first met her, scared me too death because she was at Orlando SpeedWorld to watch Lee race a Florida Mini Stock Challenge race and she sat in the pit grandstand with a wrench in her hand. I thought this lady is really nuts but after getting to know her and love her, she was not nuts.

Jean and I have been friends for a number of years and we would see each other from time to time when Bo and Lee raced Orlando or New Smyrna and I once went to her beloved Auburndale Speedway to see her. Although we have not had the pleasure of seeing each other much the last few years, we always kept in touch daily thru e-mails.

My heart and my prayers are with Bo, Lee and Billy and all her grandkids. I know how much family meant to Jean and her grandkids.

I will miss you Jean but I won't ever forget you or how we met and that wrench. If Bo, Lee or Billy need anything, I will be there for them.

God bless you all.

Love, Jane

[Joanne Lucas]

services for Jean

Jane you are so very right about this little lady. She was such a beautiful person even when I did yell and scream at Lee when he would race with my son. Aburndale is like family when you race there everyone is so happy before the races then we all yell and then we are all family again when the races are over. She will be miss as she has been since she has not been able to attend the races the last few years. Bo did everything he could to make her feel better and Billie has always been there for her. Lee has been the one she had the wrench in her hand for. She loved to watch him race especially when he raced with Bo. We will miss her dearly but she is in a better place now and still watching the races at Auburndale.
Tuesday night is the viewing 5-7 at Heath Funeral Home, Wed. is the funeral 10:00. All our prayers and thoughts go out to the May and Davis family.
Much love,
Joanne and Paul Lucas
JPRACING45

[loveracin']

Jane and Joanne thank you for those great and sincere messages. My Mom was AWESOME!! She would make anything that was special to you even more special with her little touches of creation. I remember when I got my only racecar I raced it with a taped number on it for the 1st night, well everybody who was with us got a ribbon to wear with that number on it in same coloring as the car, just those little things made stuff great.
She deeply loved her family, she LOVED racing. She was from Indiana where its the capitol of racing, so its been in her blood all her life, and I am so glad she and my Dad took us to Golden Gate, and Winter Haven (auburndale) Speedways pretty much every weekend. She was funny about picking her favorite drivers, if the had a different name or something not so ordinary about them then she would start cheering for them. For instance Lake Speed he is a NASCAR driver from years back, she saw his name and that was it, she was rooting for him from then on, well I can't remember how she started this, but she became pen pals with him until her last day, this has been going on since 1983 or sooner. She got to go to his shop in NC and meet him and he let her get in his car that they were taking to Richmond that weekend, he always made time for her with keeping in touch with her. But her 1st time to meet him was when about 10 NASCAR drivers came to Auburndale Speedwayyears ago I think in 1986 to race in local drivers cars she wrote him and said "you are coming to my home track" and he said he would be sure to meet her and give her a hug, that was HUGE to my Mom. She also was pals with Joe Ruttman and was able to arrange a meeting with him at USA International Speedway when he was doing some testing for his Craftsman truck, I also was able to meet and hug him that was a special time also for Mom, she still kept in touch with his Daughter through e-mails until her last day.
Now about the wrench, she had that as a "JINX" thing, if you bumped into Bo, Lee or me when we raced you got that thing shook at you, that was just Mom protecting us in her way, she did it as a funny thing sometimes too. I know that our Family has had some racing squabbles with other racers, but in these times like Joanne said we all pull together and are there for each other.
I went to Auburndale last night because I needed and wanted to be there with my racing family, Auburndale Speedway took up a collection for us and also donated the 50/50 money to us, and the fan that won the other half of the 50/50 donated that also. Its an overwhelming feeling to have people show how they care in your time of need. I would like to Thank Auburndale Speedway for doing what they did for us.
My Mom had battled Fibromyalga, cronic fatigue, she had small fractures in her back that would never heal, she battled headaches all the time. I know she is not suffering anymore and I am greatful for that, I just have to heal my heart, because this was so unexpected. I thank everyone for what they have done for Bo, and our family. Just keep your prayers coming for us to get through this.
Thanks from all of us Bo Davis, Lee Davis, John Davis, Paula Jones and me Billie May.

[Jane]

Joanne

I have had you in my prayers ever since I read on the Auburndale board a while back you were sick and I have had Jean in my prayers also. Jean and I met on a cold night at Orlando when Lee and Bo did race and she was holding that big wrench of her's. Boy, I thought this lady is really nuts but after the races I got up the nerve to talk to her and found she was not nuts but an extremely lovely woman. From time to time, she would come to the races and I would always sit with her awhile and she would come visit me if I was working but we kept in touch thru e-mail.

One Governor's Cup when the Minis ran with it, she gave Alex some money for his birthday and Alex loved her. She would tell me all about her bunny who was her friend and kept her company when she was stuck in bed. She would tell me about her grandchildren and send me pictures sometimes. And she got me to Auburndale one year and that is where Alex feel in love with racing because of the Kids Club there. Auburndale was not real fond of karnac at that time and Jean said she would make sure that no one threw eggs at me or was mean to me but that never happened and we had a great time.

Jean helped me alot thru a very rough time in my life when my only daughter was mad at me and Jean told me of her own problems and AA and how in the end things worked out, and she was right. But she was there for me and assured me that I was a good mother and everything would be okay in time. She was very honest about her drinking days and how she had gone to AA and changed her life and I admired her so much for that.

It is funny how so many people touch our lives everyday and come to matter a great deal to us even when we don't see them for a long time. How we add them to our prayer lists and never take them off even when they are better.

Jean knew I loved her, I told her so every time we wrote. I will miss her and think of her fondly. Every time I would see Bo or Lee at a race, they would always come see me and tell me Jean said hello and she was thinking of me. Now I am thinking of them and keeping them in my prayers. God bless Jean and her family and I will be there for them if they need anything.

Billie - I will pray for a healing heart because my heart is also broken right now. I lost my oldest and dearest friend of over 19 years (more like my sister) only the week before. Even though you know Jean is no longer suffering or my friend Julie (your head tells you that), the heart feels totally different. The heart hurts and aches for not having that person here and you find yourself thinking of them and then the tears come. I think I will have tears for a long time for Julie and Jean. I see their faces in my head and I know both would not want us to cry to long or mourn to long but when you truly love another person, their loss is hard on the heart. I am here for you when or if you ever need me just like I am for Julie's son and husband. I think it helps to talk about the people we lose and to remember them and not all the tears are unhappy tears, sometimes they are jsut tears of joy over the memories. But if you need anything, please don't hesitate to get me. Love, Jane

[Cara]

I will be keeping your family in my prayers.