Saturday, January 23, 2021 9:14 pm Gary N. Davis, 79, passed away peacefully Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, watching football at his home in Cleveland, as a result of esophageal cancer. Born in Cleveland in 1941 to O.D. and Virginia Davis, he moved with his parents and brother, Richard, to Cleveland, Ohio, around 1943. After graduating from West Tech High School in 1959, Gary worked with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad until he became a City of Cleveland, Ohio, to be a police officer in 1965. He took great pride in his job as a patrolman who worked sporting events for the NFL Cleveland Browns and the AHL Cleveland Barons hockey team, as well as many concerts and special events.