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Davis, Thomas Martin Sunday, January 24, 2021 Thomas Martin Davis, age 80,  of Hixson, passed away peacefully at Generations Center of Spencer, Tennessee on Wednesday, January 20 th, 2021. Mr. Davis was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee to the late Ovis and Edna G. Davis.  He was a longtime resident of Hixson, Tennessee, a Hixson High School graduate, and was named Mr. Hixson High in 1958.  In 1970, he graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Busine...

Davis, Thomas Martin Sunday, January 24, 2021 Thomas Martin Davis, age 80,  of Hixson, passed away peacefully at Generations Center of Spencer, Tennessee on Wednesday, January 20 th, 2021. Mr. Davis was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee to the late Ovis and Edna G. Davis.  He was a longtime resident of Hixson, Tennessee, a Hixson High School graduate, and was named Mr. Hixson High in 1958.  In 1970, he graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Busine...

And you also work here as a navigator. why enroll your husband and child right now? >> my husband, hes self-employed. gives flexibility from any site that medical bills, since he works in the construction field. >> reporter: he got his insurance through his employer before? >> hes self-employed and now has opportunity to get insurance. >> reporter: a lot of people saying gives more freedom. tell me, why is it important to figure out your familys health care today, before obamacare ends? >> as a ...

To create more opportunities for american born workers. now, there was a package earlier in the show that talked about the fact that because theres been such a crackdown on illegal immigration, it has created a shortage of workers in for example the construction field. so it seems to me that if you are creating a more stringent path to a green card, what you are doing is creating greater potential for jobs to be filled. in addition to that, coming from california, im not from any of the border s...

I wear bright colors and my skirt and get attention. is it part of the culture to have these conversations and have something like this? >> i dont know what part of the male culture is because theyre not privy to that. but in the construction field it is a very tough field where everybody kind of struts there stuff. with myself i played up my femininity card. i wore shirt skirts because i had great legs and i was noticed because i was the only female there. i think that is nothing but great mark...

Felt if i had been a young women not a successful business women and in a situation like that. if a man is that way, so inappropriate, i just assume it is that way all the time. >> and did you ever in meetings with other people did you ever, you know, hear certain talk, witness. >> no locker room talk. because i was always in a meeting. usually with a lot of men in the construction field. because i was in the real estate business. so it was a very formal setting. so absolutely not no. >> but you...