Bill Davis, 71 of Vidor died Thursday, May 31, 2018 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A native of Douglas, GA, he was a longtime resident of Vidor. Bill was a member of First Baptist Church in Vidor, TX. He was a self employed owner/operator of Genco Ind. in Bridge City, TX for 15 years. Bill enjoyed fishing, hunting, woodworking and gardening, but most of all he loved spending time with his grandkids, great grandkids and the whole family. Visitation will begin 5:00 pm Sunday, June 3, 2018 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, June 4, 2018 at Fist Baptist Church in Vidor with burial to follow at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor. Bill is survived by his wife of 51 years Karen Davis of Vidor, TX, daughter Lori Taylor and her husband Donnie of Vidor, TX, son Wade Davis and his wife Lynnette of Vidor, TX, brothers Gene Davis of Vidor, TX and Allen Davis Hamilton, MT, sister Mary Jane Noble of Vidor, TX, 4 grandsons Tra, Layne, Donovan, Ryan and 3 great grandchildren Henslee, Jayce and Colton.
Bill was one of the good guys. Always thought the world of the Davis boys.
i worked for bill several times in the 80’s. he was always a fair and goodhearted man to the people who worked at Genco. Being one of the owners never changed the way he treated you. To me he was a good man. One time work was real slow and we had not been paid in about 2 weeks. i saw him coming through the shop and I started unbolting a welding machine. He ask me what i was doing and I said I was going to pawn this machine for a paycheck. He laughed, told me to follow him and he would get me a paycheck…we both laughed at that one for months.